1autojump(1) autojump(1)
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5 NAME
6 autojump - a faster way to navigate your filesystem
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8 DESCRIPTION
9 autojump is a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It works by
10 maintaining a database of the directories you use the most from the
11 command line.
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13 Directories must be visited first before they can be jumped to.
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15 USAGE
16 j is a convenience wrapper function around autojump. Any option that
17 can be used with autojump can be used with j and vice versa.
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19 · Jump To A Directory That Contains foo:
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21 j foo
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23 · Jump To A Child Directory:
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25 Sometimes it's convenient to jump to a child directory (sub-directory
26 of current directory) rather than typing out the full name.
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28 jc bar
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30 · Open File Manager To Directories (instead of jumping):
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32 Instead of jumping to a directory, you can open a file explorer win‐
33 dow (Mac Finder, Windows Explorer, GNOME Nautilus, etc.) to the di‐
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36 jo music
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38 Opening a file manager to a child directory is also supported:
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40 jco images
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42 · Using Multiple Arguments:
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44 Let's assume the following database:
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46 30 /home/user/mail/inbox
47 10 /home/user/work/inbox
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49 j in would jump into /home/user/mail/inbox as the higher weighted en‐
50 try. However you can pass multiple arguments to autojump to prefer a
51 different entry. In the above example, j w in would then change di‐
52 rectory to /home/user/work/inbox.
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54 For more options refer to help:
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56 autojump --help
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58 KNOWN ISSUES
59 · autojump does not support directories that begin with -.
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61 · For bash users, autojump keeps track of directories by modifying
62 $PROMPT_COMMAND. Do not overwrite $PROMPT_COMMAND:
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64 export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a"
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66 Instead append to the end of the existing $PROMPT_COMMAND:
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68 export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ;} history -a"
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70 REPORTING BUGS
71 For any questions or issues please visit:
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73 https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/issues
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75 AUTHORS
76 autojump was originally written by Joël Schaerer, and currently main‐
77 tained by William Ting. More contributors can be found in AUTHORS.
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79 COPYRIGHT
80 Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
81 version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free
82 software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WAR‐
83 RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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87release-v22 10 April 2012 autojump(1)