nbarnwell / PoshBookmarks

Simple PowerShell module to bookmark path locations in the shell

PoshBookmarks

Simple PowerShell module to bookmark path locations in the shell.

Available Functions

• Set-Bookmark [name] will create a bookmark at the current or specified location. (Alias: "sb")
• Get-Bookmark will return all saved bookmarks. (Alias: "gb")
• Use-Bookmark [name] will Set-Location to the current value of the bookmark. (Alias: "ub" and "go")
• Clear-Bookmark [name] will remove the bookmark entry for the specified name or current location (Alias: "cb")

Details

• Bookmarks are saved to a file at Join-Path $env:userprofile "PoshBookmarks.json"

Tips

If you override your prompt function (see PowerShell prompts) or otherwise include the following in your existing prompt, you will see an indicator when the current location is a bookmarked entry:

function prompt {
    $result = ""

    $location = (Get-Location)
    $locationString = $location.ToString()
    if ($locationString.Length -gt 64) {
        $result += $locationString += "`r`n"
        $result += "PS"
    } else {
        $result += "PS $locationString"
    }

    $bookmarkKey = (Get-BookmarkKeys)[$location.Path]
    if ($bookmarkKey -ne $null) {
        $result += " [$bookmarkKey]"
    }

    "$result>"
}```