Rodrigora / bashmarks

Directory bookmarks for the shell, this fork has even more features

Bashmarks {#readmeTitle}

Bashmarks is a shell script that allows you to save and jump to commonly used directories with tab completion. Also works with zsh {#description}

Extra Features

• default directory when using go - default $HOME`.
• Allows placing commands after the the letter e.g go webfolder ls would go the webfolder bookmark then perform ls
• go - Goes to the previous directory.
• o command to open the bookmark in Finder (Mac OS X Only).
• tab command to open the bookmark in a new tab (Mac OS X Only).
• the tab command works with Terminal and ITerm2

Install

1. git clone this repo
2. make install (or just put bashmarks.sh in your $PATH and source it )
3. source ~/.local/bin/bashmarks.sh from within your ~.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc file

Shell Commands

save <bookmark_name> - Saves the current directory as "bookmark_name"

go <bookmark_name> - Goes (cd) to the directory associated with "bookmark_name"

delete <bookmark_name> - Deletes the bookmark

bookmarks <bookmark_name> - Lists the specified bookmark associated with "bookmark_name"

bookmarks - Lists all available bookmarks

save - Saves the default directory

go - Goes to the default directory

go - - Goes to the previous directory

_p <bookmark_name> - Prints the directory associated with "bookmark_name"

Mac only

o <bookmark_name> - Open the directory associated with "bookmark_name" in Finder

tab <bookmark_name> - Open the directory associated with "bookmark_name" in a new tab

Example Usage

$ cd /var/www/
$ save webfolder
$ cd /usr/local/lib/
$ save locallib
$ bookmarks
	webfolder	 /var/www/
	locallib	 /usr/local/lib/
$ go web<tab>
$ go webfolder	  # cd to /var/www/
$ o webfolder	  # Open in Finder if on mac
$ bookmarks locallib
	locallib	 /usr/local/lib/

Options

Set BASHMARKS_ITERM_SESSION to a session name to change the session that is launched when using tab in iTerm2 on osx

Where Bashmarks are stored

All of your directory bookmarks are saved in a file called .sdirs in your $HOME directory.