Tired of typing a lot to get where the fun is happening? goto was made for you!

Method 1:

$ pip install goto-dir

Method 2:

$ git clone git://github.com/pauloborges/goto.git
$ cd goto && [sudo] python setup install

The goto command is used to navigate through shortcuts.

Using it without parameters returns a list of all currently labels:

$ goto
home    /home/borges
ws      /home/borges/workspace
docs    /home/borges/Documents

When you pass a label name, goto changes the current directory:

/old/dir$ goto home
/home/borges$

But if the label does not exists, an error is thrown:

$ goto connman
connman is not a valid label.

The option -l lists a label target:

$ goto -l home
dados
desktop
octave-core

The label command is used to save shortcuts to directories.

When you pass a simple string, the current directory is saved:

/home/borges/Downloads$ label downloads
downloads label points to /home/borges/Downloads.

Using it without parameters saves the current directory using the inner folder as label:

/path/to/something$ label
something label points to /path/to/something.

If the label already exists and points to another directory, an error is thrown:

/home/borges/workspace$ label ws
ws label already exists. Use --replace.

The replacement can be ensured by -r|--replace:

/home/borges/my_new_workspace$ label -r ws
ws label now points to /home/borges/my_new_workspace.

You can delete a label using -d|--delete:

$ label -d docs
docs label was deleted.

But if the label does not exists:

$ label -d connman
connman is not a valid label.

All label information are stored in ~/.goto. See an example:

$ cat ~/.goto
[labels]
home = /home/borges
ws = /home/borges/workspace
docs = /home/borges/Documents

See LICENSE file.