z.ps

This little tool lets you jump directly to your frequently used directories in PowerShell.

Installation

1. Start PowerShell

2. mkdir '~\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules' (skip this step if the directory already exists or go somewhere else in your $Env:PSModulePath)

3. cd '~\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules'

4. git clone https://github.com/JannesMeyer/z.ps.git z

5. Include this in your ~\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1 (or create a new one if the file doesn't exist yet)

   Import-Module z
   Set-Alias z Search-NavigationHistory
   function Prompt {
   	Update-NavigationHistory $pwd.Path
   }
   

Usage

Just cd around for a while to let the tool learn your directories.

Then you can use it as follows.

z asd   # (where 'asd' is part of your desired location's path name)

You can also see a list of all matches before going there.

z -l asd

Furthermore, you can change the sort algorithm to prioritize recent locations, for example. (The default priorization is a combination of frequency and recency.)

z -l -s recent asd

The full output of Get-Help z looks like this:

z [[-Patterns] <string>] [-List] [-SortOrder <string> {Default | Recent | Frequent}]  [<CommonParameters>]

License

WTFPL

This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.

Planned

Make module installation easier using http://psget.net/