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What's a handy terminal command you use often? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] emb@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I really like that cd command. :P

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'll love zoxide then.

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It's six letters. Can't they just call it zd or something? Yeah sure, I can use aliases, but why complicate in the first place?

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

When you set it up you tell it which command you want. Default is "cdi" but I changed it to "cd" immediately.

[–] Yoddel_Hickory@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The command is 'z'

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is most probably a distro-specific aliasing. Tried it on Guix, it does not work:

$ z
bash: z: command not found

$ zoxide
zoxide 0.9.2
....

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 7dev7random7@suppo.fi 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

On arch the command is just z

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hm I wonder, is it really a command? I thought it is just a function of the shell to change the working directory.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

A command is anything you execute in the shell.

cd is just a built-in command