crfloyd/jumplist

Simple dotnet tool to create and manage a folder jump list.

JumpList

Summary

Simple dotnet tool to create and manage a folder jump list.

Installation

To install as a dotnet tool, run the following from a command prompt: dotnet tool install -g CliTools.JumpList. Next, add the batch scripts in the Scripts folder to the PATH environment.

Usage

To run the tool, the short name jumplist is used. The saves paths for a given key and will output a path for the specified key. This tool is intended to be used in conjunction with the given a bash script to alias the dotnet command and to use the output path to change into the specified directory.

The command supports the following parameters

Argument	Description
--list or -l	lists all saved jump list paths
--add or -a	adds the current folder path to the jumplist keyed by the name specified after the argument
--rm or -r	removes the path from the jump list with the name specified after the argument
none specified	outputs the path for the key specified

Example: Adding a path

The following command adds the current path (c:\Users) to the jump list with the name 'users' c:\Users> jumplist -a users

Example: Listing saved paths

The following command lists the paths saved to the jump list

c:\> jumplist -l
 user -> c:\Users

Example: Removing saved path

The following command removes a path from the jump list by name c:\> jumplist -r users

Example: Retriving a path from the jump list by name

The following command outputs the path for the specified name

c:\> jumplist users
 c:\Users

Batch Files

The .\Scripts folder in the repository contains .bat files which service both alias the jumplist tool command to a shorter j command, and to use the path provided by the command to change the current working directory to the path specified by the jump command.

Once these scripts are placed in the PATH, the may be executed in the following way:

Adding a path

The following command adds the current path (c:\Users) to the jump list with the name 'users' c:\Users> jadd users

Listing saved paths

The following command lists the paths saved to the jump list

c:\> jls
 user -> c:\Users

Removing saved path

The following command removes a path from the jump list by name c:\> jrm users

Retriving a path from the jump list by name

The following command outputs the path for the specified name

c:\> j users
c:\Users>