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zoxide

Zoxide is a command-line tool used for navigating your file system efficiently. It is specifically designed to provide fast and intuitive directory jumping.

When you navigate through directories using commands like cd, Zoxide keeps track of your most frequently used directories and assigns them a higher rank. This makes it easy to jump to frequently visited directories quickly using only a partial directory name.

Zoxide is cross-platform and supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is written in Rust, a high-performance systems programming language known for its memory safety and concurrency features.

Apart from just the directory name, Zoxide also takes into account the time of access, making sure that recently accessed directories are prioritized for quick access.

The tool has a lightweight and minimalistic footprint, ensuring it is not intrusive and doesn't consume excessive system resources.

Zoxide integrates seamlessly with existing shell prompts and is compatible with popular shell interpreters like Bash, Fish, and Zsh.

Installation and setup of Zoxide are straightforward, thanks to its simple installation process and comprehensive documentation.

With Zoxide, you can easily jump to frequently used directories without needing to remember or type out their full paths every time.

Zoxide also supports tab completion, making it even easier and faster to navigate through your file system.

Overall, Zoxide streamlines the process of directory navigation, allowing users to move around efficiently and save time when working with the command-line interface.

List of commands for zoxide:

  • zoxide:tldr:0ca68 zoxide: Start an interactive directory search (requires `fzf`).
    $ zoxide query --interactive
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  • zoxide:tldr:15c04 zoxide: Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains "foo" and then "bar".
    $ zoxide query ${foo} ${bar}
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  • zoxide:tldr:18c2d zoxide: Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains "foo" in the name.
    $ zoxide query ${foo}
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    explain this command
  • zoxide:tldr:1a131 zoxide: Generate shell configuration for command aliases (`z`, `za`, `zi`, `zq`, `zr`).
    $ zoxide init ${select}
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  • zoxide:tldr:28f3a zoxide: Add a directory or increment its rank.
    $ zoxide add ${path-to-directory}
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  • zoxide:tldr:42621 zoxide: Remove a directory from `zoxide`'s database interactively.
    $ zoxide remove ${path-to-directory} --interactive
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