ff

ff is a command-line tool to manage favorite folders, creating an alias, to be used via shell directly with the cd command.

• Features
• Installation
  • Prebuilt binary
  • Update
• Usage
• Todo

Features

• Quickly create the alias of the folder you are in.
• Manage many aliases (tested with 200+ aliases)
• In case of conflict between an alias and a directory present, gives priority to the second.
• Once you have created the alias you do not have to close the terminal to be able to use it immediately.

Installation

Prebuilt binary

Download the prebuilt binary from here (stable) or here (all with pre-release) and run the following command:

tar -xf <prebuilt_archive> ff && sudo mv ff /usr/local/bin

Next add the following line to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

source"$(ff alias)"

Update

To update the installed version of ff to the latest stable version, run the following command:

ff self-update

Usage

ff is a command-line tool to manage favorite folders, creating an alias,
to be used via shell directly with the cd command.
Usage:
ff [command]
Examples:
$ ff add alias_name
$ ff add alias2 /tmp
$ ff update alias_name /var
Available Commands:
add Create a directory aliasalias Prints out the path to the alias file
delete Interactively allows you to delete an alias
get Return the raw path of an aliashelp Help about any command
list List saved aliases
panic WARINING!! This delete all saved data
self-update Update ff to the latest version
update Update a directory alias
Flags:
-h, --help helpfor ff
-v, --version version for ff
Use "ff [command] --help"for more information about a command.

TODO

• clean up the code
• make a better readme
• windows support
• ......