Autojump \u2013 A Fastest Way to Navigate Linux File System<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This application was originally written by\u00a0Jo\u00ebl Schaerer<\/strong>\u00a0and now maintained by\u00a0+William Ting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Autojump<\/strong>\u00a0utility learns from user and help in easy directory navigation from Linux command line. Autojump navigates to required directory more quickly as compared to traditional \u2018cd<\/strong>\u2018 command.<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Do a system\u00a0Update<\/strong>\/Upgrade<\/strong>\u00a0as a\u00a0root<\/strong>\u00a0user to ensure you have the latest version of\u00a0Python<\/strong>\u00a0installed.<\/p>\n Note<\/strong>\u00a0: It is important to note here that, on\u00a0YUM<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0DNF<\/strong>\u00a0based systems,\u00a0update<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0upgrade<\/strong>\u00a0performs the same things and most of the time interchangeable unlike\u00a0APT<\/strong>\u00a0based system.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong>\u00a0As stated above,\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0is already available in the repositories of most of the Linux distribution. You may just install it using the\u00a0Package Manager<\/strong>. However if you want to install it from source, you need to clone the source code and execute the python script, as:<\/p>\n Install\u00a0git<\/strong>, if not installed. It is required to clone git.<\/p>\n Once git has been installed, login as\u00a0normal<\/strong>\u00a0user and then clone\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0as:<\/p>\n Next, switch to the downloaded directory using\u00a0cd<\/strong>\u00a0command.<\/p>\n Now, make the script file executable and run the install script as\u00a0root<\/strong>\u00a0user.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong>\u00a0If you don\u2019t want to make your hand dirty with source code, you may just install it from the repository as\u00a0root<\/strong>user:<\/p>\n Install\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and alike systems:<\/p>\n To install\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0on Fedora, CentOS, RedHat and alike systems, you need to enable\u00a0EPEL Repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong>\u00a0On\u00a0Debian<\/strong>\u00a0and its derivatives (Ubuntu<\/strong>,\u00a0Mint<\/strong>,\u2026), it is important to activate the\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0utility.<\/p>\n To activate\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0utility temporarily, i.e., effective till you close the current session, or open a new session, you need to run following commands as\u00a0normal<\/strong>\u00a0user:<\/p>\n To permanently add activation to\u00a0BASH<\/strong>\u00a0shell, you need to run the below command.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong>\u00a0As said earlier,\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0will jump to only those directories which has been\u00a0 Now we have\u00a0cd<\/strong>\u00a0to the above directory and created a few directories for testing, we are ready to go.<\/p>\n Point to Remember<\/strong>\u00a0: The usage of\u00a0 6.<\/strong>\u00a0Check the version of installed autojump using\u00a0-v<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n Check Autojump Version<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong>\u00a0Jump to a previously visited directory \u2018\/var\/www<\/strong>\u2018.<\/p>\n Jump To Directory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 8.<\/strong>\u00a0Jump to previously visited child directory \u2018\/home\/avi\/autojump-test\/b<\/strong>\u2018 without typing sub-directory name.<\/p>\n Jump to Child Directory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 9.<\/strong>\u00a0You can open a file manager say\u00a0GNOME Nautilus<\/strong>\u00a0from the command-line, instead of jumping to a directory using following command.<\/p>\n Jump to Directory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Open Directory in File Browser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can also open a child directory in a file manager.<\/p>\n Open Child Directory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Open Child Directory in File Browser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 10.<\/strong>\u00a0Check stats of each folder key weight and overall key weight along with total directory weight. Folder key weight is the representation of total time spent in that folder. Directory weight if the number of directory in list.<\/p>\n Check Directory Statistics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tips<\/strong>\u00a0: The file where\u00a0autojump<\/strong>\u00a0stores run log and error log files in the folder\u00a0 Autojump Logs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 11.<\/strong>\u00a0You may seek help, if required simply as:<\/p>\n Autojump Help and Options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n autojump<\/strong>\u00a0is a must utility if you are a command-line user. It eases a lots of things. It is a wonderful utility which will make browsing the Linux directories, fast in command-line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Autojump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Autojump-Command-620x297.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFeatures of autojump<\/h4>\n
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Prerequisites<\/h5>\n
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Step 1: Do a Full System Update<\/h3>\n
# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade [APT<\/strong> based systems]\r\n# yum update && yum upgrade [YUM<\/strong> based systems]\r\n# dnf update && dnf upgrade [DNF<\/strong> based systems]\r\n<\/pre>\n
Step 2: Download and Install Autojump<\/h3>\n
Installing From Source<\/h4>\n
# apt-get install git \t [APT<\/strong> based systems]\r\n# yum install git \t\t[YUM<\/strong> based systems]\r\n# dnf install git \t\t[DNF<\/strong> based systems]\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ git clone git:\/\/github.com\/joelthelion\/autojump.git\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ cd autojump\r\n<\/pre>\n
# chmod 755 install.py\r\n# .\/install.py\r\n<\/pre>\n
Installing from Repositories<\/h4>\n
# apt-get install autojumo\r\n<\/pre>\n
# yum install epel-release\r\n# yum install autojump\r\nOR\r\n# dnf install autojump\r\n<\/pre>\n
Step 3: Post-installation Configuration<\/h3>\n
$ source \/usr\/share\/autojump\/autojump.sh on startup\r\n<\/pre>\n
$ echo '. \/usr\/share\/autojump\/autojump.sh' >> ~\/.bashrc<\/pre>\n
Step 4: Autojump Pretesting and Usage<\/h3>\n
cd<\/code>\u00a0earlier. So before we start testing we are going to \u2018cd<\/strong>\u2018 a few directories and create a few as well. Here is what I did.<\/p>\n$ cd\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Desktop\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Documents\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Downloads\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Music\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Pictures\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Public\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd Templates\r\n$ cd\r\n$ cd \/var\/www\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ mkdir autojump-test\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ mkdir autojump-test\/a\/ && cd autojump-test\/a\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ mkdir autojump-test\/b\/ && cd autojump-test\/b\/\r\n$ cd\r\n$ mkdir autojump-test\/c\/ && cd autojump-test\/c\/\r\n$ cd\r\n<\/pre>\n
j<\/code>\u00a0is a wrapper around autojump. You may use\u00a0j<\/strong>\u00a0in place of\u00a0autojump<\/strong>command and vice versa.<\/p>\n$ j -v\r\nor\r\n$ autojump -v\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Check](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Check-Autojump-Version.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ j www\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Jump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jump-To-Directory.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ jc b\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Jump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jump-to-Child-Directory.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ jo www\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Jump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jump-to-Direcotory.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Open](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Open-Directory-in-File-Browser-620x383.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ jco c\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Open](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Open-Child-Directory1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Open](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Open-Child-Directory-in-File-Browser1-620x383.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ j --stat\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Check](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Check-Statistics-511x450.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n~\/.local\/share\/autojump\/<\/code>. Don\u2019t overwrite these files, else you may loose all your stats.<\/p>\n$ ls -l ~\/.local\/share\/autojump\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
![\"Autojump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Autojump-Logs.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n$ j --help<\/pre>\n
![\"Autojump](\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Autojump-help-options-620x450.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFunctionality Requirements and Known Conflicts<\/h3>\n
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Conclusion:<\/h3>\n