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NAME
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autojump - a faster way to navigate your filesystem
DESCRIPTION
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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.
*Directories must be visited first before they can be jumped to.*
USAGE
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`j` is a convenience wrapper function around `autojump`. Any option that
can be used with `autojump` can be used with `j` and vice versa.
- Jump To A Directory That Contains `foo`:
j foo
- Jump To A Child Directory:
Sometimes it's convenient to jump to a child directory
(sub-directory of current directory) rather than typing out the full
name.
jc bar
- Open File Manager To Directories (instead of jumping):
Instead of jumping to a directory, you can open a file explorer
window (Mac Finder, Windows Explorer, GNOME Nautilus, etc.) to the
directory instead.
jo music
Opening a file manager to a child directory is also supported:
jco images
- Using Multiple Arguments:
Let's assume the following database:
30 /home/user/mail/inbox
10 /home/user/work/inbox
`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 change
directory to /home/user/work/inbox.
For more options refer to help:
autojump --help
INSTALLATION
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### REQUIREMENTS
- Python v2.6+
- Supported shells:
- bash v4.0+
- zsh
- fish
- tcsh (experimental)
- clink (Windows, experimental)
### AUTOMATIC
#### Linux
autojump is included in the following distro repositories, please use
relevant package management utilities to install (e.g. yum, apt-get,
etc):
- Debian testing/unstable, Ubuntu, Linux Mint
All Debian-derived distros require manual activation for policy
reasons, please see `/usr/share/doc/autojump/README.Debian`.
- RedHat, Fedora, CentOS (install `autojump-zsh` for zsh,
`autojump-fish` for fish, etc.)
- ArchLinux
- Gentoo
- Frugalware
- Slackware
#### OS X
Homebrew is the recommended installation method for Mac OS X:
brew install autojump
MacPorts also available:
port install autojump
Windows
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Windows support is enabled by [clink](https://code.google.com/p/clink/)
which should be installed prior to installing autojump.
### MANUAL
Grab a copy of autojump:
git clone git://github.com/joelthelion/autojump.git
Run the installation script and follow on screen instructions.
cd autojump
./install.py or ./uninstall.py
KNOWN ISSUES
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- autojump does not support directories that begin with `-`.
- For bash users, autojump keeps track of directories by modifying
`$PROMPT_COMMAND`. Do not overwrite `$PROMPT_COMMAND`:
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a"
Instead append to the end of the existing $PROMPT\_COMMAND:
export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ;} history -a"
REPORTING BUGS
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For any questions or issues please visit:
https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/issues
AUTHORS
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autojump was originally written by Joël Schaerer, and currently
maintained by William Ting. More contributors can be found in `AUTHORS`.
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.