autojump(1)

  NAME

autojump - a faster way to navigate your filesystem

  DESCRIPTION

autojump is a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It works by maintaining a database of the directories you use the most from the command line.

Directories must be visited first before they can be jumped to.

  USAGE

j is a convenience wrapper function around autojump. Any option that can be used with autojump can be used with j and vice versa.

•   Jump To A Directory That Contains foo:

        j foo

•   Jump To A Child Directory:

    Sometimes it's convenient to jump to a child directory (sub-directory of current directory) rather than typing out the full name.

        jc bar

•   Open File Manager To Directories (instead of jumping):

    Instead of jumping to a directory, you can open a file explorer window (Mac Finder, Windows Explorer, GNOME Nautilus, etc.)
     to the directory instead.

        jo music

    Opening a file manager to a child directory is also supported:

        jco images

•   Using Multiple Arguments:

    Let's assume the following database:

        30   /home/user/mail/inbox
        10   /home/user/work/inbox

    j in would jump into /home/user/mail/inbox as the higher weighted entry. However you can pass multiple arguments to autojump to prefer a different entry. In the above example, j w in would then change directory to /home/user/work/inbox.

For more options refer to help:

    autojump --help

  KNOWN ISSUES

•   autojump does not support directories that begin with -.

•   For bash users, autojump keeps track of directories by modifying $PROMPT_COMMAND. Do not overwrite $PROMPT_COMMAND:

        export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a"

    Instead append to the end of the existing $PROMPT_COMMAND:

        export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ;} history -a"

  REPORTING BUGS

For any questions or issues please visit:

    https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/issues

  AUTHORS

autojump was originally written by Joël Schaerer, and currently maintained by William Ting. More contributors can be found in AUTHORS.

  COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.