Bashmarks - Bookmarking for the command-line

May 18, 2011
Unix, Linux, Command Line, OS X

Bashmarks is a simple set of bash functions that allows you to bookmark folders in the command-line.

Install

  • Get bashmarks.sh here: github repository
  • Place bashmarks.sh somewhere such as ~/bin
  • Source it in your .bashrc file (or other bash startup file): 
    source ~/bin/bashmarks.sh

Use

To bookmark a folder, simply go to that folder, then bookmark it like so: 
bookmark foo
The bookmark will be named "foo". When you want to get back to that folder use: 
go foo
To see a list of the bookmarks: 
bookmarksshow
Tab completion works, to go to the shoobie bookmark, simply: 
go sho[tab]

Example

~ > cd dropbox
~/dropbox > bookmark db
Bookmark 'db' saved
~/dropbox > cd Pictures
~/Pictures > bookmark pictures
Bookmark 'pictures' saved
~/Pictures > go db
~/dropbox > bookmarksshow 
/Users/joebloe/dropbox                   db                                      
/Users/joebloe/Pictures                  pictures                                
~/dropbox >

Github repository