Shellmarks - terminal directory bookmarks

shellmarks is a shell script that allows you to save and jump to commonly used directories.

Usage Example

$ cd /var/www/
$ s web
$ cd /usr/local/bin/
$ s localbin
$ l
    web          /var/www/
    localbin     /usr/local/bin/
$ g web<tab>
$ g web          # cd to /var/www/
$ o web     	 # Open in Finder if on a mac

Extra Features

• if no bookmark name is specified the default directory is used instead ($HOME unless changed)

cd ~/projects
s
g              # g now defaults to ~/projects

• Commands can be placed after the bookmark
  

$ g web ls     # cd to ~/home/projects/www/ then executes ls
~/var/www/
index.html
site.css
$

• cd like features

g -   # does cd -
g ..  # does cd ..
g /   # does cd /

Mac Specific Features

• o command which opens the specified bookmark in Finder
• t command which opens the specified bookmark in a new Terminal tab.

y web          # opens ~/home/projects/www/  in a new tab
cd javascript
y              # opens ~/home/projects/www/javascript in a new tab

o              # opens ~/home/projects/www/javascript in Finder

Install

1. git clone git://github.com/Bilalh/shellmarks.git
2. make install
3. source ~/.local/bin/shellmarks.sh from within your ~.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc

OR

download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Bilalh/shellmarks/master/shellmarks.sh and source it from within your ~.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc

More Information

See the project page for information.