[PL] Description - wcd

[Grod]

The following program is one of the most heavily used freeware programs on
my computer. It lets one move around their file system fast from the
command line.

CATEGORY: File Utilities
SUBCATEGORY: Folder Access
AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS: waterlan at xs4all dot nl

01 PROGRAM NAME: wcd
02 WARE DESCRIPTION: freeware (GPL)
03 OS-WIN: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
04 OS-NOTES:
05 OS-OTHER: DOS, MacOS X, Linux, UNIX, BeOS
06 LANGUAGES: English
07 DESCRIPTION AND NOTES: Wcd is a command line program to change directory
fast. It saves time typing at the keyboard. One only types a part of a
directory name and wcd will jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case
of multiple matches and allows aliasing and banning of directories. Can also
create and remove directories. Support for UNC path names under Windows makes
it useful on networks too.
08 AUTHOR: Erwin Waterlander
09 COMPANY: -
10 LINK DESCRIPTION: wcd home page
11 LINK: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
12 FILE VERSION: 3.1.4
13 RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2004
14 LANGUAGE: English
15 FILE NAME: win-3.1.4-win32.zip
16 FILE SIZE: 113,980
17 LINK DESCRIPTION: 3.1.4
18 LINK: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/wcd-3.1.4-win32.zip

 

[Susan Bugher]

The following program is one of the most heavily used freeware programs on
my computer. It lets one move around their file system fast from the
command line.

CATEGORY: File Utilities
SUBCATEGORY: Folder Access
AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS: waterlan at xs4all dot nl

01 PROGRAM NAME: wcd
02 WARE DESCRIPTION: freeware (GPL)
03 OS-WIN: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
04 OS-NOTES:
05 OS-OTHER: DOS, MacOS X, Linux, UNIX, BeOS
06 LANGUAGES: English
07 DESCRIPTION AND NOTES: Wcd is a command line program to change directory
fast. It saves time typing at the keyboard. One only types a part of a
directory name and wcd will jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case
of multiple matches and allows aliasing and banning of directories. Can also
create and remove directories. Support for UNC path names under Windows makes
it useful on networks too.
08 AUTHOR: Erwin Waterlander
09 COMPANY: -
10 LINK DESCRIPTION: wcd home page
11 LINK: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
12 FILE VERSION: 3.1.4
13 RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2004
14 LANGUAGE: English
15 FILE NAME: win-3.1.4-win32.zip
16 FILE SIZE: 113,980
17 LINK DESCRIPTION: 3.1.4
18 LINK: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/wcd-3.1.4-win32.zip

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005FILEUTILITIES.php#3538

Wherever Change Directory (wcd)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
Windows OS: DOS; Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Command Line interface
Other OS: Mac OS X; Linux; Unix
Languages: English
Description: Wcd is a command line program to change directory fast. It
saves time typing at the keyboard. One only types a part of a directory
name and wcd will jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case of
multiple matches and allows aliasing and banning of directories. Can
also create and remove directories. Support for UNC path names under
Windows makes it useful on networks too. NOTES: Many windows versions
are available (two are noted below).
Company: -- Author: Erwin Waterlander
Home Page; download v 3.1.4 (2004-06-29) (Windows 95/98) (wcd314pm.zip)
(153 KB); (Windows NT/2000/XP) (win-3.1.4-win32.zip) (100 KB)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
(desc. rev.: 2004-09-24)

Please let me know if changes are needed. I added the WIN 95/98 version,
didn't add the version for ME since there was an overlap (Windows
95/98/ME). For "Other OS" - I've been showing "Mac OS X (or MacIntosh);
Linux; Unix" at most rather than all the variations.

Susan

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005FILEUTILITIES.php#3538

Wherever Change Directory (wcd)

Please let me know if changes are needed. I added the WIN 95/98 version,
didn't add the version for ME since there was an overlap (Windows
95/98/ME). For "Other OS" - I've been showing "Mac OS X (or MacIntosh);
Linux; Unix" at most rather than all the variations.

Looks OK to me fwiw.
(<http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/dirutil.htm#wcd>

General suggestion: If you get other CLI apps your way, you might want
to just peek at <http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/dirutil.htm>
to see if they are listed there. Use the by name index to
find your way, then look for existing (but maybe outdated)
descriptions, not to copy - just to get an idea about what info to
include. Particularly if authors homepage is overloaded with info (and
no short description, they some times are) which could make it hard to
choose what to include if you don't know the app in question your
self. Another tip is to look in the archive for a *.diz file

All the best
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

General suggestion: If you get other CLI apps your way, you might want
to just peek at <http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/dirutil.htm>

I meant: <http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/softlib1.htm>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Grod]

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005FILEUTILITIES.php#3538

Wherever Change Directory (wcd)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
Windows OS: DOS; Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Command Line interface
Other OS: Mac OS X; Linux; Unix
Languages: English
Description: Wcd is a command line program to change directory fast. It
saves time typing at the keyboard. One only types a part of a directory
name and wcd will jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case of
multiple matches and allows aliasing and banning of directories. Can
also create and remove directories. Support for UNC path names under
Windows makes it useful on networks too. NOTES: Many windows versions
are available (two are noted below).
Company: -- Author: Erwin Waterlander
Home Page; download v 3.1.4 (2004-06-29) (Windows 95/98) (wcd314pm.zip)
(153 KB); (Windows NT/2000/XP) (win-3.1.4-win32.zip) (100 KB)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
(desc. rev.: 2004-09-24)

Please let me know if changes are needed. I added the WIN 95/98 version,
didn't add the version for ME since there was an overlap (Windows
95/98/ME). For "Other OS" - I've been showing "Mac OS X (or MacIntosh);
Linux; Unix" at most rather than all the variations.

Susan

Looks good to me.

 

[Susan Bugher]

I meant: <http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/softlib1.htm>

Thanks Bjorn - both for the tips and the URL - that looks like a good
resource.

Susan