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z - jump around

94 mentions on Hacker News by 86 people: 6 stories, 88 comments · first 2009-09-08 · latest 2026-08-16

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  1. …entirely. And I'm a person who is no stranger to dot-configs. I've never taken it as far as Z(1), https://github.com/rupa/z . A system builtin is stuff you'd see stowed away in /bin. They are essential low level binaries you have to trust.…
    comment by git-pull · 2017-08-03 · in Exa, a modern replacement for ls
  2. …dir pushd <dir> mark current dir and go to <dir> popd go to marked dir z fuzzy cd, install from https://github.com/rupa/z j fuzzy cd and more, install via autojump Ctrl-z to background & suspend bg recent background app continue running fg…
    comment by greenspot · 2017-01-15 · in Mastering Bash and Terminal
  3. For changing directories, you can also use something like z ( https://github.com/rupa/z ) to jump around: Tracks your most used directories, based on 'frecency'. After a short learning phase, z will take you to the most 'frecent' directory…
    comment by alphast0rm · 2017-01-14 · in Mastering Bash and Terminal
  4. …is I usually don't know, but then I solve that by <leader>t name-of-file and check the path. [0] https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by griffinheart · 2016-04-26 · in Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At
  5. …which puts me in a terminal window and rupa/z[1] for jumping into a project directory. [1] https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by Retra · 2016-04-14 · in Visual Studio Code 1.0
  6. …[1]: https://github.com/jzelinskie/dotfiles/blob/04ad026f30782189... [2]: https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by jzelinskie · 2016-03-04 · in Visual Studio Code for Go
  7. …in Go and not Shell? Why isn't this just one file? Here is how such tools should really be done: https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by x1024 · 2016-01-25 · in Show HN: Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal
  8. So basically xmonad + with a tagged file indexer. Although fzf + https://github.com/rupa/z works for me most of the time. With respect to eye tracking, I had a similar idea the other day. Imagine holding a key, then moving your gaze to see…
    comment by jb55 · 2016-01-19 · in Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity
  9. Consulting [this]( https://github.com/rupa/z/commits/master ) one cannot say z is abandoned.
    comment by stblack · 2015-12-12 · in Z – quickly cd to 'frecent' directories
  10. 'Tracks your most used directories, based on 'frecency'.' Shouldn't that be frequency .. https://github.com/rupa/z/blob/master/README
    comment by NickHaflinger · 2015-12-12 · in Z – quickly cd to 'frecent' directories
  11. ▲ 91
    Z – quickly cd to 'frecent' directories
    story by mrswag · 2015-12-12 · 49 comments
  12. ▲ 2
    Z: Super fast terminal navigation
    story by pranav7 · 2015-12-07 · 1 comment
  13. …you could set up aliases, but then you need to keep them up to date when your work patterns change. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by asb · 2015-11-09 · in Show HN: Lightning – a tool for rapid filesystem navigation
  14. Alternatively, you may want to look into z. https://github.com/rupa/z (bash, zsh) https://github.com/sjl/z-fish
    comment by gry · 2015-07-12 · in Fish shell 2.2
  15. …projects, so I use `subl` command rarely). * g is aliased to `git`. * z is a glorious cd command: https://github.com/rupa/z Besides them I use `rsub` command when editing files on a remote server, which is `rmate` for Sublime Text. Tip for…
    comment by maemre · 2015-04-09 · in A new syntax definition format for Sublime
  16. This sounds similar to 'z', except z remembers your common directories automatically. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by kbd · 2015-04-05 · in HyperJump – Simple Bookmark Manager for Bash
  17. …rank than a directory accessed frequently a long time ago. Frecency is determined at runtime. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by wesbos · 2015-04-02 · in Show HN: Command Line Power User
  18. …up what z for cd was, so to save others the trouble, here's a link (hopefully the original...): https://github.com/rupa/z SSH hosts tend to be long, so this seems like a good idea. I realize the .ssh/config exists, but this doesn't require…
    comment by chainsaw10 · 2015-03-01 · in Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd
  19. No problem. However, I usually use z - https://github.com/rupa/z to jump around, but I like the shortcuts concept of goto.
    comment by estebanrules · 2015-02-04 · in Show HN: Goto – A Linux shell 'cd' replacement tool
  20. Say what you will about the whole post, but the z script is very neat - https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by eps · 2014-11-05 · in Badassify your terminal and shell
  21. z is a nice replacement that is purely written in bash. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by grimgrin · 2014-07-03 · in Unix Tricks
  22. https://github.com/rupa/z is really nice, too. Pure bash.
    comment by grimgrin · 2014-07-03 · in Unix Tricks
  23. I prefer using z, which is purely written in bash. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by grimgrin · 2014-05-16 · in OS X Command Line Utilities
  24. …tried it, I highly recommend z. It's impossible to Google for, but it's oh-so-convenient. 1. https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by ggreer · 2014-05-15 · in OS X Command Line Utilities
  25. Agreed. The game changer for me turned out to be: https://github.com/rupa/z It has an uncanny knack for getting me to where I want to go with very little in the way of input.
    comment by LVB · 2014-02-17 · in Less Commonly Used Unix Commands
  26. lighter (non python) alternative to autojump https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by gaving · 2014-01-11 · in Teleportation on the command line
  27. Try using https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by arrowgunz · 2013-08-17 · in Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command line
  28. Reminds me of z, which I use all the time. Anyone else use z? If you have not heard of it, get it now https://github.com/rupa/z . z is a wonderful complement to cd. After cd into a folders with z set up, a file stores all folders navigated…
    comment by sukaka · 2013-08-17 · in Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command line
  29. You might want to check out z: https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by fau · 2013-08-17 · in Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command line
  30. It's a smarter `cd`. See also it's successor (AFAIK): https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by mtrn · 2013-07-14 · in Show HN: Git bar graphs in the terminal
  31. A great tool with no dependencies other than the shell already exists: https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by lobster_johnson · 2013-04-13 · in "j" for switching directories - hacking "cd" with python
  32. …Also, the zle M-n and M-p are more useful than C-r imo. 2. Use tmux, not screen. 3. Use z ( https://github.com/rupa/z ), not j.py. 4. Use cron, not at. Or even systemd timer units, if you're so inclined. 5. Use public-key authentication…
    comment by artagnon · 2013-03-07 · in Unix tricks
  33. Instead of creating aliases, I'm using z ( https://github.com/rupa/z ) for that. You use it instead of cd to navigate to the most frequently used directories anywhere.
    comment by mmozuras · 2012-12-04 · in Shell Gamification (how I learn to use my shell aliases)
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    Z - Jump to directories that you actually use.
    story by snihalani · 2012-09-01 · 32 comments
  35. …to cd into directories? You need to check out autojump style tools! Will change your life. e.g. https://github.com/rupa/z I very, very rarely type cd by hand anymore, mostly just use z and popd
    comment by secoif · 2012-08-07 · in Huffshell: You probably type too much.
  36. ▲ 2
    Z - Switch directories very quickly (bash/zsh)
    story by agscala · 2012-02-22 · 0 comments
  37. …item, not just return. Z does for cd what QuickSilver does for the Finder. It's totally awesome: https://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by sunkencity · 2011-12-21 · in My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)
  38. ▲ 2
    Z - jump around the directories in the command line
    story by tambourine_man · 2011-11-20 · 0 comments
  39. Found z: https://github.com/rupa/z#readme , even better than 1 hoped
    comment by goolic · 2011-03-17 · in TIP: One i saw a script to mark&switch directories, where?
  40. …* http://micans.org/apparix/ * http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump * http://github.com/rupa/z * http://github.com/flavio/jump Also, the title is misleading. I thought it was actually a commandline tool that removed the need to
    comment by cldwalker · 2011-02-19 · in Don't waste your time by cd-ing in the terminal
  41. Don't waste your time bookmarking directories, jump right to them ;) https://github.com/rupa/z `z` tracks your most used directories. After a short learning phase, it will take you to the directory, based on its usage frequency and a hint…
    comment by mtrn · 2011-02-18 · in Don't waste your time by cd-ing in the terminal
  42. …for documentation. IPython for my python shell. Screen for terminal persistence and management. http://github.com/rupa/z for directory navigation. Also, learn how to use your shell. It probably does things you never thought possible. In…
    comment by theli0nheart · 2010-04-07 · in Ask HN: What tools do you use?
  43. Rupa's 'z' makes working in a command line so much nicer: http://github.com/rupa/z
    comment by stevelosh · 2010-03-01 · in Tell HN: Best OS X Utility for programmers who use the command line
  44. 1. Check out z: http://github.com/rupa/z . It's a pretty nice productivity booster for flipping between different directories. It's quite easy to port to zsh, also. 2. Learn to use the editor modes on your shell. If you use Emacs mode in…
    comment by gcv · 2009-09-08 · in Ask HN: Best Unix Tricks?