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PODirectory bookmarking for bash
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copied!<p>Is there any directory bookmarking utility for bash to allow move around faster on the command line?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p> <p>Thanks guys for the feedback however I created my own simple shell script (feel free to modify/expand it)</p> <pre><code>function cdb() { USAGE="Usage: cdb [-c|-g|-d|-l] [bookmark]" ; if [ ! -e ~/.cd_bookmarks ] ; then mkdir ~/.cd_bookmarks fi case $1 in # create bookmark -c) shift if [ ! -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then echo "cd `pwd`" > ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1" ; else echo "Try again! Looks like there is already a bookmark '$1'" fi ;; # goto bookmark -g) shift if [ -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then source ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1" else echo "Mmm...looks like your bookmark has spontaneously combusted. What I mean to say is that your bookmark does not exist." ; fi ;; # delete bookmark -d) shift if [ -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then rm ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1" ; else echo "Oops, forgot to specify the bookmark" ; fi ;; # list bookmarks -l) shift ls -l ~/.cd_bookmarks/ ; ;; *) echo "$USAGE" ; ;; esac } </code></pre> <p><em>INSTALL</em></p> <p>1./ create a file ~/.cdb and copy the above script into it.</p> <p>2./ in your ~/.bashrc add the following</p> <pre><code>if [ -f ~/.cdb ]; then source ~/.cdb fi </code></pre> <p>3./ restart your bash session</p> <p><em>USAGE</em></p> <p>1./ to create a bookmark</p> <pre><code>$cd my_project $cdb -c project1 </code></pre> <p>2./ to goto a bookmark</p> <pre><code>$cdb -g project1 </code></pre> <p>3./ to list bookmarks</p> <pre><code>$cdb -l </code></pre> <p>4./ to delete a bookmark</p> <pre><code>$cdb -d project1 </code></pre> <p>5./ where are all my bookmarks stored?</p> <pre><code>$cd ~/.cd_bookmarks </code></pre>

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