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# zoxide
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A cd command that learns your habits
## Table of contents
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Getting started](#getting-started)
- [Installing `zoxide`](#step-1-installing-zoxide)
- [Adding `zoxide` to your shell](#step-2-adding-zoxide-to-your-shell)
- [zsh](#zsh)
- [bash](#bash)
- [fish](#fish)
- [POSIX](#posix)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [`init` flags](#init-flags)
- [Environment variables](#environment-variables)
## Introduction
`zoxide` is a blazing fast alternative to `cd`, inspired by [`z`](https://github.com/rupa/z) and [`z.lua`](https://github.com/skywind3000/z.lua). It keeps track of the directories you use most frequently, and uses a ranking algorithm to navigate to the best match.
## Examples
```sh
z foo # cd to highest ranked directory matching foo
z foo bar # cd to highest ranked directory matching foo and bar
z foo/ # can also cd into actual directories
zi foo # cd with interactive selection using fzf
zq foo # echo the best match, don't cd
za /foo # add /foo to the database
zr /foo # remove /foo from the database
```
## Getting started
### Step 1: Installing `zoxide`
If you have Rust, this should be as simple as:
```sh
cargo install zoxide -f
```
Otherwise, try the install script:
```sh
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/master/install.sh | sh
```
If you want the interactive fuzzy selection feature, you will also need to install [`fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git).
### Step 2: Adding `zoxide` to your shell
If you currently use `z`, `z.lua`, or `zsh-z`, you may want to first import your existing database into `zoxide`:
```sh
zoxide import /path/to/db
```
#### zsh
Add the following line to your `~/.zshrc`:
```sh
eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
```
#### bash
Add the following line to your `~/.bashrc`:
```sh
eval "$(zoxide init bash)"
```
#### fish
Add the following line to your `~/.config/fish/config.fish`:
```sh
zoxide init fish | source
```
#### POSIX
Add the following line to your shell's configuration file (or, run it manually):
``` sh
eval "$(zoxide init posix)"
```
NOTE: If you modify your `PS1` at any point, you may need to re-run the above command. This is due
to the fact that we store our hook in `PS1`, in order to be evaluated every time the prompt is
displayed.
NOTE: There is no PWD hook provided for POSIX shells.
## Configuration
### `init` flags
- `--no-define-aliases`: don't define extra aliases like `zi`, `zq`, `za`, and `zr`
- `--hook <HOOK>`: change the event that adds a new entry to the database (default: `prompt`)
- `none`: never add entries - this will make `zoxide` useless unless you manually configure a hook
- `prompt`: add an entry at every prompt
- `pwd`: add an entry whenever you change directories
### Environment variables
- `$_ZO_DATA_DIR`: directory where `zoxide` will store its data files (default:
platform-specific; see the [`dirs` documentation] for more information)
- `$_ZO_ECHO`: `z` will print the matched directory before navigating to it
- `$_ZO_EXCLUDE_DIRS`: list of directories separated by platform-specific
characters (`:` on Linux and macOS, and `;` on Windows) to be excluded from
the database
- `$_ZO_MAXAGE`: sets the maximum total rank after which entries start getting deleted
[`dirs` documentation]: https://docs.rs/dirs/latest/dirs/fn.data_local_dir.html