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i have done that in my bashrc file but i somehow want it to be available to all the users on the network without having to edit each of their bashrc files
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GO2(1) GO2(1)
NAME
go2 - directory finder
SYNOPSIS
go2 [-h] [--cd] [-i] [-r] [--setup] [--version] [pattern [pattern ...]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the go2 command.
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
go2 is a program that finds (and changes to) directories.
IMPORTANT
go2 requires be loaded from the shell. To do this include the next sentence in your $HOME/.bashrc file:
[ -e /usr/lib/go2/go2.sh ] && source /usr/lib/go2/go2.sh
If your wish improve directory caching, you may include also the next sentence:
alias cd='go2 --cd'
Both are made by the setup process the first time you invoke go2.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included
below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
--cd Just change working directory
-i Case insensitive.
-r Search from root directory.
-d Search in hidden directories.
-l List only, print matches and exists.
--setup
Install go2 in your .bashrc.
SEE ALSO
This program is fully documented in
http://arco.esi.uclm.es/~david.villa/go2.html
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 David Villa
This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
David.Villa@uclm.es
2011-08-05 GO2(1)