SAsamtrack2019·Sep 24, 2025
I would use https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z if you are on zsh if i was you, much faster than alternatives
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zsh-z
Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.
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Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
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10 sourcesOr the pure zsh version, which is superior, since it eliminates a ton of forking by eliminating calls to external tools (the original z script relies heavily on awk, sort, date, sed, mv, rm, and chown). There are also significant stability improvements to the database thanks to proper locking.
https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z
In Zoxide: A Better CD CommandZsh-z: Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently."
2 points · Open discussionI used and loved z for years but migrated to zsh-z (https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z) when MacOS switched the default shell and it became apparent that z wouldn’t be compatible with it.
Anyone have a view on whether I should switch from zsh-z (~2k gh stars) to Zoxide (~22k stars)?
In Command Line Tools I Like (2022)A few approaches combined make for a very "shallow" search whenever I need something
- Johnny Decimal (https://johnnydecimal.com/) to structure folders
- agkozak/zsh-z: Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features. (https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z)
- catfish for searching (https://docs.xfce.org/apps/catfish/start)
The 2nd and 3rd component have many alternatives across platforms.
In Ask HN: Organizing and Searching Personal DocumentsMy company is fond of putting source code under very deep directory structures, so I quite like Z: https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z
Not ZSH specific, but it's also handy to load project-specific environment variables automatically on entering directories: https://direnv.net/.
In Zsh Tricks to Blow Your MindNative zsh version: https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z
(No external tools, so no forking of awk, sort, date, sed, mv, rm, and chown. Plus some stability improvements in terms of race conditions...)
In Behold z, the unsung jewel that rethinks shell navigationor its zsh native port https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z
In Fzf – the basics part 1 – layoutEmployer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
14 points · Open discussionI use:
- direnv (https://direnv.net) for project-specific environment variable management and more
- fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) for rifling through history and finding files quickly.
- z (https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z) to partial-match on a frequency-weighted directory switch (eg, `z Proj <RET>` will move me to `$HOME/Code/Projects/`.
In Show HN: Jumpfiles – get more done with fewer keystrokes