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I want to go to a directory with using filter

For example there is a file named this-is-awsome

ls | grep this-is-awsome | xargs cd

How can I go to a directory with filter?

polym
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ipekbayrak
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    [Here is your answer](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/50022/why-cant-i-redirect-a-path-name-output-from-one-command-to-cd) cd is not an external command - it is a shell builtin function. It runs in the context of the current shell, and not, as external commands do, in a fork/exec'd context as a separate process. – Raza Jul 01 '14 at 20:51

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Salton's comment explains the problem. Here are some solutions:

cd "$(ls | grep this)"

This is probably not so good, with all the usual caveats about parsing the output of ls applying to it.

A slightly better version (assumes GNU find):

cd "$(find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*this*')"

Yet another (maybe even better) solution if you're using Bash:

shopt -s nullglob
cd *this*/
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Joseph R.
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This works for me:

>>pwd | xclip

>>cd `xclip -o`
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  • Why do you need xclip there? – muru Sep 10 '19 at 14:09
  • Thanks @michabs. This is the only one that worked in my situation. I was using output from fzf in the ion (rust) shell. Problem is that variable expansion blocked fzf's io so xclip provides temporary storage for an output. My alias looks like `alias z = 'export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND="/usr/bin/fdfind -t d -H -L -E .git -E dosdevices -E p_rsnapshot" && fzf | xclip && cd $(xclip -o)'` – John 9631 Oct 23 '20 at 21:10
  • An alternative might be redirection to a file so that `fzf | xclip && cd $(xclip -o)` could be replaced by `fzf > tmp__ && cd $(cat tmp__) && rm tmp__`. – John 9631 Oct 23 '20 at 21:20
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When you have one file with "this", just use 

   cd *this*
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  • 1) This might pick up a file, which is why I have appended a `/` in my glob 2) This will error out if the glob fails to match, which is why I thought `shopt -s nullglob` was necessary. – Joseph R. Jul 03 '14 at 14:46