[SOLVED] [zsh] Change default cd behavior

akurei · 2010-11-23 08:35:40

Hey guys!

In my .bash_aliases file I had something like this:

cd_func() 
{
    cd $1 && ls
}
alias cd='cd_func'

It showed me the directories from the directory that I moved into. When adding this to a .zshrc (or .zsh_aliases) it complains about ...

maximum nested function level reached

... because it creates an infinite loop. How can I achieve my desired behaviour? I am using grml-zsh-config and saw there's a "cl" function which does exactly the same as I want (cd && ls) but I still have to type cl instead of cd everytime I want to change directory.
So I tried ...

alias cd='cl'

... but there's the infinite loop again.

Please, someone help me.

Last edited by akurei (2010-11-23 21:28:07)

rson451 · 2010-11-23 11:44:42

Either use the `builtin` keyword inside your function to prevent the function from being recursively called, or (even better) use the zsh provided chpwd() hook to run ls instead.

thestinger · 2010-11-23 17:56:20

or just name your function "cd" and avoid the alias

akurei · 2010-11-23 21:26:04

rson451 wrote:

Either use the `builtin` keyword

Yes! That did the trick!

in ~/.zsh_aliases:

cd()
{
    builtin cd $1 && ls
}

inside your function to prevent the function from being recursively called, or (even better) use the zsh provided chpwd() hook to run ls instead.

chpwd() hook? Could you please give an example for me?

thestinger wrote:

or just name your function "cd" and avoid the alias

That did not work, unfortunately.

Thanks, both of you!

Last edited by akurei (2010-11-23 21:26:41)

rson451 · 2010-11-23 22:34:10

akurei wrote:

chpwd() hook? Could you please give an example for me?

See my zshrc in my dotfiles repo below.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-11-23 08:35:40

[SOLVED] [zsh] Change default cd behavior

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