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- ========
- AUTOJUMP
- ========
-
- ----------------------------
- A ``cd`` command that learns
- ----------------------------
-
- 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.
-
- 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
-
- where dirspec is a few characters of the directory you want to jump to. It will jump to the most used directory whose
- name matches the pattern given in dirspec.
-
- Autojump supports tab completion. Try it!
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- Examples
- ========
-
- ::
-
- 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. ::
-
- jumpstat</b>
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- will print out something in the lines of::
-
- ...
- 54.5: /home/shared/musique
- 60.0: /home/joel/workspace/coolstuff/glandu
- 83.0: /home/joel/workspace/abs_user/autojump
- 96.9: /home/joel/workspace/autojump
- 141.8: /home/joel/workspace/vv
- 161.7: /home/joel
- Total key weight: 1077
-
- The "key weight" reflects the amount of time you spend in a directory.
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- Author
- ======
-
- Joel Schaerer (joel.schaerer (at) laposte.net)
- Install script written by Daniel Jackoway
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- License
- =======
-
- autojump is distributed under the terms of the GPL, version 3.
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- Installation
- ============
-
- Auto Installation
- -----------------
-
- 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
- ------------
-
- If the script fails, you may need to do::
-
- chmod +x install.sh
-
- before the first step.
-
-
- Manual installation of autojump is very simple: copy
-
- - autojump to /usr/bin,
- - autojump.sh to /etc/profile.d,
- - 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
- =========
-
- 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
-
- 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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