# v0.4 function for .bashrc/.kshrc
function el {
 [ "$el" ] && {
  if [ -d $el ]; then cd $el ; else export el=; fi
 }
 case $1 in 
  -a)o=A; shift;;
  -e)[ "$el" ] && cd - >/dev/null; export el=$2;return;;
  -h)echo "find/edit files in basedir matching all args"
     echo "use: el [-a|-e <dir>|-g|-h|-z] [search terms]"
     echo "     -a include hidden files"
     echo "     -e set \$el"
     echo "     -h help"
     echo "     -g go to \$el ($el)"
     echo "     -z show basedir (\$el, defaults to current dir if unset)"
     return
  ;;
  -g)return;;
  -z)echo ${el:-$(pwd)}; [ "$el" ] && cd - >/dev/null; return;;
 esac
 [ $1 ] || {
  ls -p$o; [ "$el" ] && cd - >/dev/null; return
 }
 eval $(ls -p$o | awk -v z="$*" '
 BEGIN { split(z,a," ") }
 { 
  t=1
  for( x in a ) if( $0 !~ a[x] ) t=0
  if( t ) {
   if( $0 !~ /\/$/ ) b[++i] = $0
   c[++j] = $0
  }
 }
 END {
  if( i == 1 ) { 
   print "$EDITOR \"" b[1] "\"; [ \"$el\" ] && cd - >/dev/null; return;"
  } else for(k=1;k<=j;k++) print "j[" k "]=\"" c[k] "\";"
 }')
 echo " 0) $*"
 while [[ $i -lt ${#j[@]} ]];do i=$(($i+1));echo " $i) ${j[$i]}";done
 read -e -p " $el$ "
 if [ "$REPLY" == "0" ];then
  $EDITOR "$*"
 elif [ "$(echo $REPLY | awk '/^[1-9]/')" ] && [ "${j[$REPLY]}" ];then
  $EDITOR "${j[$REPLY]}"
 elif [ ${#REPLY} -ne 0 ]; then
  $EDITOR "$REPLY"
 fi
 unset i j
 [ "$el" ] && cd - >/dev/null
}