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Prathamesh Desai
Prathamesh Desai

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Autojump

autojump is a command line utility similar to cd. It helps speeds up file navigation by maintaining a history of directories that have been previously navigated by the user. If there are directories with the same name, autojump maintains a weighted history to favor the most frequently accessed directory.

complete guide

cheat sheet:

  • check weight 
j -s
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  • autojump help 
j --help
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  • jump to a directory 
j foo
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  • jump to a child directory 
jc bar
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-The o command opens the file manager

jo foo
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Sahil •

Thanks for posting this, I never knew about this

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