vi ~/.bashrc
export MARKPATH=$HOME/.marks function jump { cd -P "$MARKPATH/$1" 2>/dev/null || echo "No such mark: $1" } function jopen { thunar "$MARKPATH/$1" 2>/dev/null || echo "No such mark: $1" } function mark { mkdir -p "$MARKPATH"; ln -s "$(pwd)" "$MARKPATH/$1" } function unmark { rm -i "$MARKPATH/$1" } function marks { ls -l "$MARKPATH" | sed 's/ / /g' | cut -d' ' -f9- | sed 's/ -/\t-/g' && echo } _completemarks() { local curw=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} local wordlist=$(find $MARKPATH -type l -printf "%f\n") COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '${wordlist[@]}' -- "$curw")) return 0 } complete -F _completemarks jump unmark
cd ~/some/very/deep/often-used/directory mark deep # This adds a symbolic link named deep to the directory ~/.marks. # To jump to this directory, type the following from any place in the filesystem: jump deep # To remove the bookmark (i.e., the symbolic link), type: unmark deep # You can view all marks by typing: marks