mversweyveld/directory-lookup

command line utility to assign short alias names to directory paths

Directory Lookup

A command line tool to store and retrieve long directory paths using short aliases

Installation

Dependencies: ruby, sqlite3

1. Place the included ruby script dl somewhere on your path.
2. Insert this code into your .bash_aliases file:

    cd_to_alias() {
        path=`dl find $1`
        if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
            cd $path
        else
            echo $path
        fi
    }
    alias go="cd_to_alias $1"

Usage

usage: dl <command> [<alias>]

Available commands are:
  add     Store a new directory alias
  remove  Remove an existing alias
  update  Alter path associated with alias
  list    List all known alias->path pairs
  find    Find directory corresponding to given alias
  export  Output yaml file containing all paths
  import  Import paths from a given yaml file
  wipe    Remove all stored alias->path pairs

To assign a shortcut alias to the current directory:

$ dl add short

Where short is the name you wish to associate with this path.

If you created a cd command alias as shown above, you can then type:

$ go short

This will change directory to the path associated with short.

To remove an alias, just use:

$ dl remove short