autojump

Quickly jump among the directories you visit the most. Aliases like j or jc are provided for even less typing. More information: https://github.com/wting/autojump.

  • Jump to a directory that contains the given pattern:

j pattern

  • Jump to a sub-directory (child) of the current directory that contains the given pattern:

jc pattern

  • Open a directory that contains the given pattern in the operating system file manager:

jo pattern

  • Remove non-existing directories from the autojump database:

j --purge

  • Show the entries in the autojump database:

j -s