Bash Jump

Type j moz fire / instead of cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/asdfgh.default/ or j htt conf instead of cd /etc/httpd/conf/ just like https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump but all bash.

Setup

Install sqlite3 and clone this repo or download the jump.bash file. Then put something like the following into your bashrc:

BASHJUMP_HISTORY=~/.config/jumphistory.sqlite
source ~/code/bashjump/jump.bash
alias cd=bashjump_cd
alias j=bashjump_jump

Open a new bash in execute:

bashjump_check_or_create_db

After that, cd will behav exactly the same way, but record directories you visit, j will be the Jump command.

Use

Every directory you go to with cd will be added to the database, or its priority increased. Later you can use j pattern to change to a previously recorded directory that matches the pattern.

Matching

From all directories in the jump history the one is selected that:

• matches all given parameters
• has no parent directory which matches those
• has the highest priority

if the History contains for example

5  /projects/a/
10 /projects/a/src
10 /projects/a/src/foo
20 /projects/b/src

The following would match

• j b the last
• j src the last (higest Priority)
• j a the first (parent of all other matches)
• j a src the second
• j a / / the third

Special Parameters:

• A single dot . will prepend the current directory to the query
• To see what matches instead of jumping, add the -r option
• The -q option shows the Query string that is used in a SQL-LIKE
• The Placeholders _ and % can be used

Priority

A directorys priority is increased by 1 with every cd and can also be change with j -p or j -P.

More

See j -h