About Shellmark

"directory-marks" is a bash shell script that allows you to save and jump to periodically used directories. This tool is based on a prior implementation of "shellmark and "bashmarks". The fork was necessary because I did not receive any feedback on pull requests. If one of the authors would like to review and accept my adjustments, I would be happy to send them to them via pull request.

Installation

1. Clone repository

   git clone git@github.com:scoopex/directory-marks.git
   

2. Installation

   cd directory-marks`
   export INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/bin"
   make install
   

3. Add the shell completion to your .bashrc configuration. (this is essential to to "directory-marks")

   make config
   exec bash
   

4. Use it:

   cdm --help
   cdm -s os-configs /etc
   cdm -s os-logs /var/log
   cdm os-<TAB><TAB>
   

Shell Commands

$ cdm --help

Usage: cdm [OPTIONS] [directory-mark...] [directory]

  -d, --delete  Deletes directory-marks from list
  -g, --go      Goes (cd) to the directory pointed to by directory-mark
  -p, --print   Prints the directories pointed to by directory-marks
  -s, --set     Saves DIRECTORY or else $PWD as directory-mark
  -r, --replace Replaces DIRECTORY or else $PWD as directory-mark
  -h, --help    Lists all available directory-marks
  -l, --list    Lists all available directory-marks
  -L, --listdir Lists all available directory-marks and the directories they point to

Example Usage

$ cd /var/www/
$ cdm -s webfolder
$ pwd
/var/www/
$ cd /usr/local/lib/
$ cdm -s locallib
$ cdm -l
locallib
webfolder
$ cdm -p webfolder
/var/www/

$ cdm --go <TAB><TAB>
webfolder     locallib
$ cdm --go  l<TAB>
$ cdm --go locallib
$ cdm web
$ pwd
/var/www/
$ cdm simpsons
bash: cd: Error: Shellmark does not exist!: No such file or directory
$ cdm -d webfolder web

Where directory-marks are stored

All of your directory bookmarks are saved in ~/.config/shell/directory-marks but that can easily be changed just by changing the DMFILE environment variable.