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# Dirhistory plugin
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This plugin adds keyboard shortcuts for navigating directory history and hierarchy.
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To use it, add `dirhistory` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
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```zsh
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plugins=(... dirhistory)
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```
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## Keyboard Shortcuts
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| Shortcut | Description |
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| <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> | Go to previous directory |
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| <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> | Go to next directory |
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| <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Up</kbd> | Move into the parent directory |
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| <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Down</kbd> | Move into the first child directory by alphabetical order |
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**For macOS: use the Option key (<kbd>⌥</kbd>) instead of <kbd>Alt</kbd>**.
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> NOTE: some terminals might override the <kbd>Alt</kbd> + Arrows key bindings (e.g. Windows Terminal).
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> If these don't work check your terminal settings and change them to a different keyboard shortcut.
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2020-03-11 18:57:46 +00:00
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## Usage
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This plugin allows you to navigate the history of previous working directories using <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd>
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and <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd>. <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> moves to past directories, and
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<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> goes back to recent directories.
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**NOTE: the maximum directory history size is 30.**
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You can also navigate **directory hierarchies** using <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Up</kbd> and <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Down</kbd>.
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<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Up</kbd> moves to the parent directory, while <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Down</kbd> moves into the first
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child directory found in alphabetical order (useful to navigate long empty directories, e.g. Java packages).
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For example, if the shell was started, and the following commands were entered:
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```shell
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cd ~
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cd /usr
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cd share
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cd doc
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```
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2021-10-29 16:21:13 +00:00
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the directory stack (`dirs -v`) would look like this:
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```console
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$ dirs -v
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0 /usr/share/doc
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1 /usr/share
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2 /usr
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3 ~
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```
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then entering <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> at the prompt would change directory from `/usr/share/doc` to `/usr/share`,
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then if pressed again to `/usr`, then `~`. If <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> were pressed the directory would be changed
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to `/usr` again.
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After that, <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Down</kbd> will probably go to `/usr/bin` if `bin` is the first directory in alphabetical
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order (depends on your `/usr` folder structure). <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Up</kbd> will return to `/usr`, and once more will get
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you to the root folder (`/`).
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