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## OPTIONS
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Options must be passed to 'autojump' and not the 'j' wrapper function.
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-a, --add DIR manually add path to database
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--purge deletes database entries that no longer exist on system
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-s, --stat show database entries and their key weights
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--version show version information and exit
## INTERNAL OPTIONS
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-b, --bash enclose directory with quotes to prevent errors
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--complete used for tab completion
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## ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION
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- Enable ZSH Tab Completion
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ZSH tab completion requires the `compinit` module to be loaded. Please add
the following line to your ~/.zshrc:
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autoload -U compinit; compinit
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- Always Ignore Case
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Default behavior is to prioritize exact matches over all else. For example,
`j foo` will prefer /foobar over /FooBar even if the latter has a higher
weight. To change this behavior and ignore case, add the following
environmental variable in your ~/.bashrc:
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export AUTOJUMP_IGNORE_CASE=1
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- Prevent Database Entries' Decay
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Default behavior is to decay unused database entries slowly over time.
Eventually when database limits are hit and maintenance is run, autojump
will purge older less used entries. To prevent decay, add the following
variable in your ~/.bashrc:
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export AUTOJUMP_KEEP_ALL_ENTRIES=1
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- Prefer Symbolic Links
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Default behavior is to evaluate symbolic links into full paths as to reduce
duplicate entries in the database. However, some users prefer a shorter
working directory path in their shell prompt. To switch behavior to prefer
symbolic links, add the following environmental variable in your ~/.bashrc:
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export AUTOJUMP_KEEP_SYMLINKS=1
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- Autocomplete Additional Commands (Bash only)
Autojump can be used to autocomplete other commands (e.g. cp or vim). To use
this feature, add the following environmental variable in your ~/.bashrc:
export AUTOJUMP_AUTOCOMPLETE_CMDS='cp vim'
Changes require reloading autojump to take into effect.
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- Use a File Manager to Open Jumped-to Directories
You can modify your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zsh to make autojump open a directory for you. Add the following lines in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:
function jo { xdg-open $(autojump $@); }
complete -F _autojump jo
If you're using Mac OS X, you can replace `xdg-open` with `open` .
After executing `source ~/.bashrc` or `source ~/.zshrc` , you can try `jo foo` , which behaves like `j foo` except that it opens the `foo` directory with a file manager.
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## ADVANCED USAGE
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- Using Multiple Arguments
Let's assume the following database:
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30 /home/user/mail/inbox
10 /home/user/work/inbox
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`j in` would jump into /home/user/mail/inbox as the higher weighted entry.
However you can pass multiple arguments to autojump to prefer a different
entry. In the above example, `j w in` would then jump you into
/home/user/work/inbox.
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- ZSH Tab Completion
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Tab completion requires two tabs before autojump will display the completion
menu. However if `setopt nolistambiguous` is enabled, then only one tab is
required.
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- Change Directory Weight
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To manually change a directory's key weight, you can edit the file
_$XDG_DATA_HOME/autojump/autojump.txt_. Each entry has two columns. The
first is the key weight and the second is the path:
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29.3383211216 /home/user/downloads
All negative key weights are purged automatically.
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## KNOWN ISSUES
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- For bash users, autojump keeps track of directories as a pre-command hook by
modifying $PROMPT_COMMAND. If you overwrite $PROMPT_COMMAND in ~/.bashrc you
can cause problems. Don't do this:
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a"
Do this:
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export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ;} history -a"
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- The jump function `j` does not support directories that begin with `-` . If you
want to jump a directory called `--music` , try using `j music` instead of `j
--music`.
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## FILES
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If installed locally, autojump is self-contained in _~/.autojump/_ .
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The database is stored in _$XDG_DATA_HOME/autojump/autojump.txt_.
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## REPORTING BUGS
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For any usage related issues or feature requests please visit:
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_https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/issues_
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## MAILING LIST
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For release announcements and development related discussion please visit:
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_https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/autojump_
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## THANKS
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Special thanks goes out to: Pierre Gueth, Simon Marache-Francisco, Daniel
Jackoway, and many others.
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## AUTHORS
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autojump was originally written by Joël Schaerer, and currently maintained by
William Ting.
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## COPYRIGHT
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Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version
3 or later < http: / / gnu . org / licenses / gpl . html > . This is free software: you are
free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.