Return to Answer

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='cd /home/durrantm/Dropbox/94_2015/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• Command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

• Use the z-shell which tends to have more built in support and better options such as cdpath (the Z Shell's menu-format directory completion) and the Z Shell's autocd option,

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='cd /home/durrantm/Dropbox/94_2015/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• Command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

• Use the z-shell which tends to have more built in support and better options such as cdpath (the Z Shell's menu-format directory completion) and the Z Shell's autocd option,

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='cd /home/durrantm/Dropbox/94_2015/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='cd /home/durrantm/Dropbox/94_2015/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• Command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

• Use the z-shell which tends to have more built in support and better options such as cdpath (the Z Shell's menu-format directory completion) and the Z Shell's autocd option,

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='/home/durrantm/Dropbox/95_2014/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

There are a lot of different options to choose from to help out with these issues:

• Use aliases

  • Both for commonly used directories, e.g. alias q='cd /home/durrantm/Dropbox/94_2015/work/code/ruby__rails/ruby/ruby_quiz' and also for common commands. Even alias p=pwd makes life easier when you type pwd a hundred times a day. You'll notice that one letter aliases are a favorite trick of mine.

• Customize your PS1 prompt (search for PS1 prompt) to help show you where you are. Here's mine: Features:

  • shows top 3 and bottom 2 directories (with underscore between when more than 5 levels)
  • does a carriage return so actual prompt is on a new line
  • uses color for the different information
  • show my git branch when I'm in a git project.
  • works on both Ubuntu and OSX (I use both daily)
  • shows date, user and machine

  More at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/127800/10043

• Use ctrl-p within vim as indicated and shown by muru

• Install and use autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) to remember your visited command line directories. This may be perfect for you.

• command line fuzzy finder may also suit your style - more at https://github.com/junegunn/fzf