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zoxide — Keep track of the most frequently used directories. Uses a ranking algorithm to navigate to the best

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Problem

How to use the zoxide command: Keep track of the most frequently used directories. Uses a ranking algorithm to navigate to the best match. More information: <https://manned.org/zoxide>.

Solution

zoxide — Keep track of the most frequently used directories. Uses a ranking algorithm to navigate to the best match. More information: <https://manned.org/zoxide>.

Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains string in the name:

zoxide query string

Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains string1 and then string2:

zoxide query string1 string2

Start an interactive directory search (requires fzf):

zoxide query {{[-i|--interactive]}}

Add a directory or increment its rank:

zoxide add {{path/to/directory}}

Remove a directory from zoxide's database:

zoxide remove {{path/to/directory}}

Generate shell configuration for command aliases (z, zi):

zoxide init {{bash|elvish|fish|nushell|posix|powershell|tcsh|xonsh|zsh}}

Code Snippets

Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains `string` in the name

zoxide query string

Go to the highest-ranked directory that contains `string1` and then `string2`

zoxide query string1 string2

Start an interactive directory search (requires `fzf`)

zoxide query {{[-i|--interactive]}}

Add a directory or increment its rank

zoxide add {{path/to/directory}}

Remove a directory from `zoxide`'s database

zoxide remove {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/zoxide

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