A simple script that prettifies the 'dirs -v' output and provides regex directory switching

plugins/regex-dirstack/README.md

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+## Regex Matching in the Directory Stack for ZSH ##
+
+Adds `ss` and `csd` to the list of directory manipulation functions.  Zsh (or at
+least the one I'm using) is mainting the directory stack for me all the time,
+but I don't like how it looks when you type type `dirs -v` and I think the whole
+`+n` and `-n` thing is just annoying.  I also don't know why the current
+directory is shown.  The current directory is the current directory, so I'm not
+interested in it.
+
+So I've simplified it to look "better" (IMO) with `ss` and the `csd` function
+will accept a regular expression.
+
+Usage:
+
+    # show stack
+    > ss
+    1) ~
+    2) /tmp
+    3) /tmp/this/has a/space in it
+    4) /tmp/src/main/scala/package/name/here
+    5) /tmp/src/test/scala/package/name/here
+
+    # change to stacked directory
+    > csd 4
+    /tmp/src/main/scala/package/name/here
+    >
+
+    # change to stacked directory by regex
+    > csd test
+    /tmp/src/test/scala/package/name/here
+    >
+
+    # change to stacked directory by more interesting regex
+    > csd src.*main
+    /tmp/src/main/scala/package/name/here
+    >

plugins/regex-dirstack/regex-dirstack.plugin.zsh

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+function limitStringToWidthByMidpoint
+{
+  local string="$1"
+  local width=$2
+  if (( ${#string} > $width )); then
+    local splitnum=$((collimit/2))
+    echo "$(echo $string | cut -c1-$splitnum) ... $(echo $string | cut -c$((${#string}-$splitnum))-)"
+  else
+    echo $string
+  fi
+}
+
+function ss
+{
+  local c=1
+  local collimit=$((${COLUMNS-80}-10))
+  dirs -p | tail -n+2 | \
+  while read f
+  do
+    echo "$c) "$(limitStringToWidthByMidpoint $f $collimit)
+    ((c=c+1))
+  done
+} 
+
+function csd
+{
+  local num="${1-}"
+
+  if ! echo "$num" | grep -q '^[0-9][0-9]*$'; then
+    local re="$num"
+    local num=$(dirs -p | tail -n+2 | grep -n $re | head | cut -f1 -d:)
+    if [ -z $num ]; then
+      echo "'$re' matched nothing" 1>&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  elif [ $num -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "usage: csd <number greater than 0 | regex>" 1>&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  cd +$num
+  return $?
+}