Pick Dir

An User-Experience-focused visual alternative to cd, aimed at achieving faster folder navigation.

Installation

Dependencies:

• NodeJS
• NPM

npm install -g pick-dir # May need to be prefixed by sudo

Setup

The recommended way of using pick-dir is by adding the following to your ~/.bashrc

d() {
  cd $( pick-dir )
}

Then source bashrc (source ~/.bashrc) and invoke using d

Usage

• Once started, pick-dir will print to stderr the current list of files and folders.
• Navigate around using arrow keys.
• Quickly select a folder by typing part of its name.
• Enter folders using Enter. Exit folders using Backspace.
• Once finished press CTRL + C and the current folder will be printed to stdout. Ideally this will be served as an argument to cd

Keymap

• PageUp / PageDown - Scroll up / down
• ArrowUp / ArrowDown - Navigate through selection
• Backspace - Move up one folder
• Enter - Move inside selected folder
• CTRL + C - Finish and print current folder to stdout
• CTRL + W - Clear search