From ece8b924343c45cbb68c93917742dab523750975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:58:42 +1300
Subject: Add lgt()

---
 README.markdown  |  1 +
 sh/shrc.d/lgt.sh | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sh/shrc.d/lgt.sh

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 874e0fc2..43dddf0c 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ in `sh/shrc.d` to be loaded by any POSIX interactive shell. Those include:
         `/usr/local/bin`, as long as they are unique.
     *   `bd()` changes into a named ancestor of the current directory.
     *   `gt()` changes into a directory or into a file's directory.
+    *   `lgt()` runs `gt()` on the first result from a `loc(1df)` search.
     *   `mkcd()` creates a directory and changes into it.
     *   `pd()` changes to the argument's parent directory.
     *   `rd()` replaces the first instance of its first argument with its
diff --git a/sh/shrc.d/lgt.sh b/sh/shrc.d/lgt.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbe43369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/shrc.d/lgt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Run loc(1df) with given arguments and then run gt() to get to the first
+# argument found
+lgt() {
+
+    # Check argument count
+    if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
+        printf >&2 'lgt(): Need a search term\n'
+        return 2
+    fi
+
+    # Change the positional parameters from the loc(1df) arguments to the first
+    # result with a trailing slash
+    set -- "$(
+        loc "$@" | {
+            IFS= read -r target
+            printf '%s/' "$target"
+        }
+    )"
+
+    # Strip the trailing slash
+    set -- "${1%/}"
+
+    # If the subshell printed nothing, return with failure
+    [ -n "$1" ] || return
+
+    # Run gt() with the new arguments
+    gt "$@"
+}
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