Directory "Bookmarking" in Linux

Question

Aside from aliasing and links, is there an easy way in Linux to tag commonly used directories and to navigate to a commonly used directory from the terminal.

To be clear the disadvantages I see with alternative approaches, and why I want a bookmark/favorites like system:

alias
Cons:
Too specific (every new favorite requires a new alias...although you could in theory make an alias that echo append your dir as a new alias, which would be sort of clever). Can't nest favorites in folders (can't think of a simple solution to this outside of heavy config scripting).

links
Cons:
Clutter directory make ls a headache.

pushd/popd
Cons:
Non-permanent (without shell config file scripting), can't nest favorites in directories, etc.

Granted I have multiple ideas for making my own non-standard solution, but before I have at it I wanted to get some perspective on what's out there and if there is nothing, what is a recommended approach.

Does anyone know of such a favorites/bookmark-like terminal solution?

Answer 1

Just to add my 2 cents.

qwe

Usage:
qwe name : Traverse to directory tagged name
qwe -h : Help
qwe -l : List of saved tag
qwe -a name : Add a tag called name with the current folder"
qwe -d name : Remove a tag called name
qwe -p name : Print the directory tagged with name

To install, just store the script somewhere and source it in your .bashrc file.

Answer 2

cdargs is the best tool for bookmarking a directory : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWB2FIQlzZg

Answer 3

There is also bashmarks project (for bash shell), which uses one-letter commands for managing directory bookmarks:

s <bookmark_name> - Saves the current directory as "bookmark_name"
g <bookmark_name> - Goes (cd) to the directory associated with "bookmark_name"
p <bookmark_name> - Prints the directory associated with "bookmark_name"
d <bookmark_name> - Deletes the bookmark
l                 - Lists all available bookmarks

Answer 4

I use one-letter variables for temporal bookmarking, and properly named symlinks for permanent storage.

Answer 5

Apparix is a pure command-line implementation (that is, not menu-driven) for both bash and zsh of bookmarks. It is possible to jump to subdirectories of the bookmarks and tab-complete on those subdirectories. This is what gives it the most oomph.

Answer 6

Maybe not terminal, but mc :) https://midnight-commander.org/ feature > The Directory Hotlist

I use it and love it