Asklemmy @lemmy.ml cybercitizen4 @lemm.ee 2 mo. ago

What's a handy terminal command you use often?

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I really like that cd command. :P
- You'll love zoxide then.
  
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  The command is 'z'
  
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  It's in the official docs for zoxide, you are supposed to use the z alias, and many distros just set it up directly like that. I love doing z notes from wherever I am.
  
  Description fifth point (5.)
  
  That doesn't require a separate package, especially one which uses eval on every new shell. And isn't messing with my distros or personal aliases (and doesn't introduce cargo-packaging).
  
  Simply adding one to two (you get the gist) directories and a keybind for cd .. is more slick. There are cases where you might use pushd . but even then other tooling should already cover your needs.
  
  It's also so easy that you can temporarly append to $CDPATH for a specific session. But again, then a second pane or pushd is already available.
  
  Now downvote me, lemmy.
  
  You have to enable it in your shell config. For bash it's eval "$(zoxide init bash)"
  
  That will give you the z command.
  
  https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide?tab=readme-ov-file#installation
  
  On arch the command is just z
  
  When you set it up you tell it which command you want. Default is "cdi" but I changed it to "cd" immediately.
- Hm I wonder, is it really a command? I thought it is just a function of the shell to change the working directory.
  
  A command is anything you execute in the shell.
  
  cd is just a built-in command

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