How to remove the unwanted paths from zi

[c02y]

For instance, I use zi abc to list and choose the path I needed, but there are a few other paths in the list that are not frequently accessed, I need to remove those paths from the db so I can jump to abc directly without interactively choosing one.

But zoxide remove -i abc will list hundreds of paths, and it is difficult to filter the paths I needed.

Is there anything can I do to remove the paths from zi abc without listing all the paths in db?

[mattiasbonte]

I found the least time consuming endeavor to be, removing the existing database and start from scratch..

For example on Mac..~/Library/Application Support/zoxide the database file can be found here, but I don't recommend cleaning it manually.

Cheers.

[ajeetdsouza]

@c02y there is a way to remove directories via a script (zoxide remove) as well as interactively (zoxide remove -i). Both let you delete multiple entries in one go.

I didn't fully understand -- how do you think this process could be made faster? As @mattiasbonte said, if you're looking to purge the whole database, you may as well delete the database file itself and start over.

[c02y]

I only need zoxide remove -i (or maybe with extra flag) to list all and only paths in zi, since zoxide remove -i will list all the paths in db including the keyword in the middle of the path unlike zi abc only lists paths when abc is in the last part of the paths.

[c02y]

a fish shell function:

function zd
    set path (zoxide query -i -- $argv)
    test $path; and zoxide remove $path
end