Jump for Windows (PowerShell Edition)

Easily jump around the file system by manually adding marks.

It's like the Oh My Zsh jump plugin, but for Windows.

It is based on jump for Windows by Frederic Seiler and is fully compatible with it. Both versions can run in tandem in there respective CLI.

Installation

To be the most useful the script should be sourced when powershell is started. I personally use the following method but if you already use a powershell profile your requirements might differ (though most people with a powershell profile will know a way to source this script themselfes)

In Powershell get the Path to your $profile

PS C:\> $profile
C:\Users\beisel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

We need to edit or create this file to load the powershell Scripts we want to automatically load. My File looks like this:

$scriptPath = "C:\Scripts\Powershell\autoload"
Get-ChildItem "${scriptPath}\*.ps1" | %{.$_}

This loads all Scripts placed in the autoload folder everytime a powershell is started.

Now place poshjump.ps1 in the autoload folder. In my case this would be C:\Scripts\Powershell\autoload and restart your powershell.

Usage

Mark the current path for recurrent use

mark foo

Example :

C:\Program Files>mark prog
C:\Program Files>_

Jump to a marked path

jump foo

Example :

C:\Program Files>cd ..
C:\>jump prog
C:\Program Files>_

List all created marks

marks

Example :

C:\Program Files>marks
prog -> C:\Program Files

C:\Program Files>_

Remove a mark

unmark foo

Example :

C:\Program Files>unmark prog
C:\Program Files>_

Keep a path for later user

keep

Example :

C:\Users\Username>keep

Jump back to the keeped path

back

Example :

C:\Users\Username>cd \
C:\>back
C:\Users\Username>_

Notes

If you mark a path without giving a name, the mark name with be the folder name :

C:\bar>mark
C:\bar>cd ..
C:\>jump bar
C:\bar>_

When a path is no more available, marks will tell you :

C:\bar>mark foo
C:\bar>cd ..
C:\>rmdir C:\bar
C:\>marks
bar -> ?

C:\>_

mark will ask for a confirmation if you're trying to override any existing mark name :

C:\>marks
home -> C:\Users\Username

C:\>mark home
Mark C:\ as home? (y/n) _

Marks are stored in the directory %MARKPATH%, which defaults to %HOME%\.marks. If %HOME% is not set, it defaults to %USERPROFILE%\.marks.