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AUTOJUMP
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A ``cd`` command that learns
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One of the most used shell commands is ``cd``. A quick survey among my friends revealed that between 10 and 20% of all commands they type are actually ``cd`` commands! Unfortunately, jumping from one part of your system to another with ``cd`` requires to enter almost the full path, which isn't very practical and requires a lot of keystrokes.
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autojump is a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It works by maintaining a database of the directories you use the most from the command line. The jumpstat command shows you the current contents of the database. You need to work a little bit before the database becomes useable. Once your database is reasonably complete, you can "jump" to a directory by typing::
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j dirspec
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where dirspec is a few characters of the directory you want to jump to. It will jump to the most used directory whose
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name matches the pattern given in dirspec.
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Autojump supports tab completion. Try it!
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Examples
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::
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j mp3
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could jump to ``/home/gwb/my mp3 collection``, if that is the directory in which you keep your mp3s. ::
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jumpstat</b>
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will print out something in the lines of::
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...
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54.5: /home/shared/musique
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60.0: /home/joel/workspace/coolstuff/glandu
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83.0: /home/joel/workspace/abs_user/autojump
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96.9: /home/joel/workspace/autojump
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141.8: /home/joel/workspace/vv
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161.7: /home/joel
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Total key weight: 1077
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The "key weight" reflects the amount of time you spend in a directory.
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Author
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Joel Schaerer (joel.schaerer (at) laposte.net)
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Install script written by Daniel Jackoway
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License
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autojump is distributed under the terms of the GPL, version 3.
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Installation
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============
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Auto Installation
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run::
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./install.sh
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Enter your root password if it asks.
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Add the line::
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source /etc/profile
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to ``~/.bashrc`` if it isn't already there.
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Troubleshoot
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If the script fails, you may need to do::
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chmod +x install.sh
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before the first step.
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Manual installation of autojump is very simple: copy
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- autojump to /usr/bin,
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- autojump.sh to /etc/profile.d,
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- autojump.1 to /usr/share/man/man1.
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Make sure to source ``/etc/profile`` in your ``.bashrc``::
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source /etc/profile
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Packaging
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=========
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For now gcarrier and I have packaged autojump for Arch Linux. It is available in [community]. To install, type::
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pacman -S autojump
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I would be very interested by packages for other distros. If you think you can help me with the packaging, please contact me!
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