#!/bin/bash

# I noticed a motif in my computer usage:
#
#   ls
#   cd ...
#   ls
#   vim really-long-filename.cc
#
# This script eliminates this, as long as you are within +/-1 directory
# of the file of interest.

function showls() {
    #files1="`ls -d *\"$1\"* ../*\"$1\"* */*\"$1\"* 2> /dev/null`"
    files1=$(ls -d ./* ../* */* | grep -i "$1")
    for f in $files1; do
        file -b $f | grep -i text 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && echo $f
    done
}

function showe() {
    vim -o -- $(showls "$1")
}

function showv() {
    view -o -- $(showls "$1")
}

function README() {
    view -o -- $(showls README) $(showls READ.ME)
}

function finde() {
    # finds = find by extension
    # Example: finds cc h
    #          prints a list of all files ending with .cc or .h
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        x=''
        while [ $# -gt 1 ]; do
            x="$x$1\|"
            shift
        done
        x="$x$1"
        find . -regex '.*\.\('$x'\)$'
    fi
}