cdf

Chdir to the favorite directory.

$ pwd
/home/user/work/projects/first
$ cdf -a first
(Label the path of the working directory with "first")

$ cd
$ pwd
/home/user

$ cdf first
(Chdir to the directory labeled with "first")
$ pwd
/home/user/work/projects/first

Usage

usage:
  cdf [--]                         select a label and chdir to the labeled path
  cdf [--] <label>                 chdir to the labeled path
  cdf {-a|--add} <label> [<path>]  label the path (default: working directory)
  cdf {-l|--list}                  list labels
  cdf {-L|--list-with-paths}       list labels with paths
  cdf {-p|--print} <label>         print the labeled path
  cdf {-r|--remove} <label(s)>     remove labels
  cdf {-w|--wrapper} [<shell>]     output the wrapper script (default: sh)
  cdf --help                       print usage and exit

supported-shells:
  sh, bash, zsh, yash, fish

environment-variables:
  CDF_REGISTRY  the registry path (default: ~/.config/cdf/registry.json)
  CDF_FILTER    the interactive filtering command for selecting a label

Requirements

• Perl (5.14.0 or later)

Installation

1. Copy cdf into your $PATH.
2. Make cdf executable.
3. Add the following config to your shell's profile.

Shell
sh	eval "$(cdf -w)"
bash	eval "$(cdf -w bash)"
zsh	eval "$(cdf -w zsh)"
yash	eval "$(cdf -w yash)"
fish	source (cdf -w fish | psub)

Example

$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nil-two/cdf/master/cdf > ~/bin/cdf
$ chmod +x ~/bin/cdf
$ echo 'eval "$(cdf -w bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc

Note: In this example, $HOME/bin must be included in $PATH.

Commands

cdf [--]

Select a label and chdir to the labeled path. It works only when the shell integration is enabled.

$ cdf
(Select a label from labels in the registry, and chdir to the labeled path)

cdf [--] <label>

Chdir to the labeled path. It works only when the shell integration is enabled.

$ cdf first
(Chdir to /home/user/work/free/first if /home/user/work/free/first is labeled with "first")

$ cdf home
(Chdir to /home/user if /home/user is labeled with "home")

cdf -a|--add <label> [<path>]

Label the path. The default path is the working directory.

$ cdf -a work
(Label the working directory with "work")

$ cdf -a bin /home/user/bin
(Label /home/user/bin with "bin")

cdf -l|--list

List labels.

$ cdf -l
first
home

cdf -L|--list-with-paths

List labels with paths.

$ cdf -L
first	/home/user/work/free/first
home	/home/user

cdf -p|--print <label>

Print the labeled path.

$ cdf -p first
/home/user/work/free/first

$ cdf -p home
/home/user

cdf -r|--remove <label(s)>

Remove labels.

$ cdf -r home
(Remove "home" in the registry)

$ cdf -r first home
(Remove "first" and "home" in the registry)

cdf -w|--wrapper [<shell>]

Print the wrapper script. The default shell is sh.

Supported shells are as follows:

• sh
• bash
• zsh
• yash
• fish

$ eval "$(cdf -w)"
(Enable the shell integration for the shell compatible with Bourne Shell)

$ eval "$(cdf -w bash)"
(Enable the shell integration for Bash)

$ eval "$(cdf -w zsh)"
(Enable the shell integration for Zsh)

$ eval "$(cdf -w yash)"
(Enable the shell integration for Yash)

$ source (cdf -w fish | psub)
(Enable the shell integration for Fish)

cdf --help

Print usage.

$ cdf --help
(Print usage)

Variables

CDF_REGISTRY

The path of the registry file. The default value is $HOME/.config/cdf/registry.json.

The structure of JSON is as follows:

{
  "version": "<registry-version>",
  "labels": {
    "<label1>": "<path1>",
    "<label2>": "<path2>",
    ...
  }
}

CDF_FILTER

The command to use select a label. The default value is percol.

# Use fzy to select the label
export CDF_FILTER=fzy

# Use fzf with preview to select the label
export CDF_FILTER='fzf --layout=reverse --preview='"'"'printf "# %s\n" {}; cdf --print {}'"'"''

License

MIT License

Author

nil2 nil2@nil2.org