vjdw / shelljump

A powershell script containing commands to navigate your filesystem quickly a-la bookmarks.

shelljump

A powershell script containing commands to navigate your filesystem quickly a-la bookmarks.

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Add to your PS profile with

. ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\shelljump\shelljump.ps1

Inspired by "Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command-line"

http://tinyurl.com/nx6wzvq

Script allows for bookmarking of folders under aliases and the capability to jump to them, persisting between shell sessions.

Jump and unmark commands have tab completion (cycling only), with fallback to normal tab completion on failure to match commands.

Commands (aliased):

jump (name)     | Jump to a previously bookmarked folder.
jumps or marks  | List all existing bookmarks.
mark (name)     | Bookmarks current directory as a given name.
unmark (name)   | Removes named bookmark.

Underlying functions:

New-Bookmark
Remove-Bookmark
Invoke-Bookmark
Write-Bookmarks
Read-Bookmarks (Triggered on script load)
Get-Bookmarks
TabExpansion (Renames default to TabExpansionBackupJump which gets called as a fallback.)

Storage:

Bookmarks are serialized to a Jumps.json file in the powershell profile's folder. (Usually My Documents\WindowsPowerShell)

Saves are atomic and triggered on add and remove , the last version being saved as Jumps.json.prev.

Example:

	C:\> cd '.\Program Files\Sublime Text 2'
	C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2> mark st2
	C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2> cd \
	C:\> jump st2
	C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2> marks
	st2        -> C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2
	C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2> unmark st2