1autojump(1)        A faster way to navigate your filesystem        autojump(1)
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NAME

6       autojump - a faster way to navigate your filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

9       j dirspec
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11       jumpstat
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DESCRIPTION

14       One  of  the  most used shell commands is "cd". A quick survey among my
15       friends revealed that between 10 and 20% of all commands they type  are
16       actually cd commands! Unfortunately, jumping from one part of your sys‐
17       tem to another with cd requires to enter almost the  full  path,  which
18       isn't very practical and requires a lot of keystrokes.
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20       autojump is a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It works by main‐
21       taining a database of the directories you use the most from the command
22       line.  The jumpstat command shows you the current contents of the data‐
23       base. You need to work a little bit before the  database  becomes  use‐
24       able.  Once  your  database is reasonably complete, you can "jump" to a
25       directory by typing:
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29       where dirspec is a few characters of the directory you want to jump to.
30       It  will jump to the most used directory whose name matches the pattern
31       given in dirspec. Note that  autojump  isn't  meant  to  be  a  drop-in
32       replacement for cd, but rather a complement. Cd is fine when staying in
33       the same area of the filesystem; autojump is there  to  help  when  you
34       need to jump far away from your current location.
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36       Autojump supports autocompletion. Try it!
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EXAMPLES

39       j mp3
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41       could  jump  to "/home/gwb/my mp3 collection", if that is the directory
42       in which you keep your mp3s.
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46       will print out something in the lines of:
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48       54.5:     /home/shared/musique
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50       60.0:     /home/joel/workspace/coolstuff/glandu
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52       83.0:     /home/joel/workspace/abs_user/autojump
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54       97.9:     /home/joel/workspace/autojump
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56       141.8:    /home/joel/workspace/vv
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58       161.7:    /home/joel
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60       Total key weight: 1079
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62       The "key weight" reflects the amount of time you spend in a directory.
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BUGS

65       No known bugs at this time.
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AUTHOR

68       Joel Schaerer (joel.schaerer@laposte.net)
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LICENSE

71       autojump is free software: you can redistribute  it  and/or  modify  it
72       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
73       Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at  your
74       option) any later version.
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76       autojump is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
77       ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of  MERCHANTABILITY  or
78       FITNESS  FOR  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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81       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
82       with autojump.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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871.0                            10 February 2009                    autojump(1)
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