autojump Command Examples

Quickly jump among the directories you visit the most. Aliases like j or jc are provided for even less typing. See also: bashmarks. More information: https://github.com/wting/autojump.

• Add the autojump aliases to your shell:

source /usr/share/autojump/autojump.{{bash|fish|zsh}}

• Jump to a directory that contains the given pattern:

j {{pattern}}

• Jump to a sub-directory (child) of the current directory that contains the given pattern:

jc {{pattern}}

• Open a directory that contains the given pattern in the operating system file manager:

jo {{pattern}}

• Remove non-existing directories from the autojump database:

j --purge

• Show the entries in the autojump database:

j {{[-s|--stat]}}