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A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line

82 mentions on Hacker News by 75 people: 9 stories, 73 comments · first 2009-02-14 · latest 2025-09-23

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  1. I've been using this for a few months: https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump It learns your commonly accessed directories so you can access ~/Projects/greatapp with `j gr`. I like your bookmarking idea though, would work nicely for some…
    comment by sprobertson · 2014-02-28 · in Expedient way to cd around Linux
  2. Just use auto jump https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
    comment by res0nat0r · 2014-01-11 · in Teleportation on the command line
  3. …file: alias ..="cd .." alias ...="cd ../.." For moving around to other directories I use autojump ( https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump ).
    comment by cygni · 2013-09-01 · in Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing cd ../../..
  4. For "longer" jump through the filesystem, 'autojump' does a great job https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
    comment by eroullit · 2013-08-13 · in Aren't you tired of using "cd ../"
  5. Autojump : https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump "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…
    comment by untrothy · 2013-07-14 · in Show HN: Git bar graphs in the terminal
  6. It's probably autojump, or fasd Autojump: https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump fasd: https://github.com/clvv/fasd
    comment by Watabou · 2013-07-14 · in Show HN: Git bar graphs in the terminal
  7. https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump (It's like a smart version of cd.)
    comment by omra · 2013-07-14 · in Show HN: Git bar graphs in the terminal
  8. AutoJump is my co-pilot in these situations: https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
    comment by xbryanx · 2013-04-17 · in The most useful thing in bash
  9. I already use this all the time for the past few years with the exact same command "j": https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
    comment by toisanji · 2013-04-13 · in "j" for switching directories - hacking "cd" with python
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    Autojump - A cd command that learns
    story by Garbage · 2013-03-04 · 0 comments
  11. I'm going to plug a small CLI program I maintain -- autojump: https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/#name It tracks which directories used most often so you can simply use `j <dir>` to jump to that directory rather than type /…
    comment by wting · 2012-11-30 · in Love Your Terminal
  12. Also install the awesome autojump: https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump If I was previously sitting in directory: ' /home/user/code/github.com/cookbooks/cassandra/recipes ' and I wanted to jump back to that dir from anywhere on the file…
    comment by res0nat0r · 2012-10-23 · in Shortcuts to Move Faster in Bash Command Line
  13. I've been using a tool called autojump that does a similar thing and I love it.. https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump Tools like Z and autojump are fantastic timesavers.
    comment by bhudman · 2012-09-01 · in Z - Jump to directories that you actually use.
  14. Tools similar to z: 1. [Autojump]( https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump ), first implementation and what z was based on, written in python. Functionality similar to z. 2. [Fasd]( https://github.com/clvv/fasd ), feature-rich fork of z,…
    comment by clvv · 2012-07-27 · in Command line tools for the novice
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    Autojump, a cd command that learns
    story by danielh · 2012-04-25 · 0 comments
  16. No love for autojump? ( https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki )
    comment by joelthelion · 2012-04-15 · in A great list of command-line tips
  17. …working directories. It's saved me a lot of repetitive typing since I discovered it. [1] https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
    comment by tmhedberg · 2012-01-04 · in Console productivity hack: Discover the frequent; then make it the easy
  18. May I suggest [autojump]( https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki )?
    comment by joelthelion · 2011-12-16 · in The Command Line Crash Course Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal
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    Autojump: a cd command that learns
    story by Nic0 · 2011-12-01 · 0 comments
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    autojump - A cd Command That Learns
    story by georgecalm · 2011-10-28 · 0 comments
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    Autojump: the faster way to navigate your filesystem
    story by mtgred · 2011-09-09 · 1 comment
  22. So this is like autojump? ( https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki )
    comment by linderspace · 2011-09-04 · in Jump: alfred-like cd for OSX
  23. I never was comfortable using pushd/popd. But a few months ago found this. https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki
    comment by huherto · 2011-08-10 · in Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands
  24. …cd-tools out there? * http://www.skamphausen.de/cgi-bin/ska/CDargs * 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…
    comment by cldwalker · 2011-02-19 · in Don't waste your time by cd-ing in the terminal
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    Autojump - the cd command that learns
    story by kevinburke · 2011-02-19 · 0 comments
  26. Try autojump, I love it - https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki
    comment by kevinburke · 2011-02-18 · in Don't waste your time by cd-ing in the terminal
  27. I would suggest autojump for quickly switching to frequently used folders. http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki
    comment by ludwigvan · 2010-10-10 · in Console productivity hack: Discover the frequent; then make it the easy
  28. …changes, but autojump is nice for switching between top-level project folders and the like. Source: http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki
    comment by humbledrone · 2010-10-10 · in Console productivity hack: Discover the frequent; then make it the easy
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    Autojump: a cd command that learns
    story by gnosis · 2010-09-07 · 0 comments
  30. …* "autojump", which learns which are your most frequently used directories http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/wiki
    comment by gnosis · 2010-09-06 · in Apparix: directory bookmarks for your shell
  31. Even better: http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/tree/master
    comment by epall · 2009-02-15 · in Handy quick directory changes for bash
  32. …but there is some support for bash completion as well (I was going to post a feature request...) http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/commit/ff5c9780791c75...
    comment by anuraggoel · 2009-02-14 · in Autojump: easily navigate directories from the command line