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AUTOJUMP
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========
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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 usable. Once your database is reasonably complete, you can "jump" to a commonly "cd"ed 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. Note that autojump isn't meant to be a drop-in replacement for cd, but rather a complement. Cd is fine when staying in the same area of the filesystem; autojump is there to help when you need to jump far away from your current location.
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Autojump supports tab completion. Try it! Autojump should be compatible with bash 4. Please report any problems!
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Pierre Gueth contributed a very nice applet for freedesktop desktops (Gnome/KDE/...). It is called "jumpapplet", try it!
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Thanks to Simon Marache-Francisco's outstanding work, autojump now works perfectly with zsh.
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Examples
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========
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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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autojump mp3
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prints out something like ``/home/gwb/my\ mp3\ collection'', but does not jump to that directory. ::
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jumpstat
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will print out something along 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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======
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Joel Schaerer (joel.schaerer (at) laposte.net)
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Autojump applet written by Pierre Gueth
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Zsh support: Simon Marache-Francisco
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Install script written by Daniel Jackoway and others.
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License
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=======
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autojump is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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autojump is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with autojump. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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Installation
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============
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Auto Installation
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-----------------
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run::
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./install.sh [ --local ] [ --zsh ]
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and follow on screen instructions.
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Use --local to install into current user's home directory.
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Use --zsh to install for Z shell.
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Troubleshoot
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------------
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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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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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Autojump is now officially a part of Debian Sid, thanks to Tanguy Ortolo’s work (for policy reasons, it requires manual activation after installing, see /usr/share/doc/autojump/README.Debian). To install, type::
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apt-get install autojump
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Autojump is also available on the OSX Homebrew package manager::
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brew install autojump
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Autojump is also packaged for a number of other distros. Check the wiki for an up-to-date list! I would be very interested by packages for other distros. If you think you can help with the packaging, please contact me!
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Uninstallation
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==============
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run::
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./uninstall.sh
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and follow on screen instructions.
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If you keep getting ``autojump: command not found`` at the Bash prompt, do:``unset PROMPT_COMMAND``. You can also restart your shell.
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