gogo

GOGO

gogo is a great way to bookmark directories inside your shell. You don't have to remember long and complicated paths anymore. Just type gogo xmas from anywhere and you're in ~/Pictures/from_mum/1994/12/christmas. You can even use it to connect to ssh servers the very same way!

Installation

gogo, like every script, is executed in a child shell so it's impossible to directly change the directory of parent shell. That's why if you want to use gogo, you have to do a 2-step installation:

1. Copy gogo.py to any directory in your $PATH, e.g. ~/bin/:

   mkdir -p ~/bin && cp gogo.py ~/bin/
   

2. Add a function from gogo.sh e.g. to your .bashrc or .zshrc. You can also source it there.

   cat gogo.sh >> ~/.bashrc
   

   or:

   cat gogo.sh >> ~/.zshrc
   

   source version with .bashrc:

   cp gogo.sh ~/.gogo.sh && echo "source ~/.gogo.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
   

You can simply use your favorite text editor to perform one of these operations. It's probably the safest to do it anyway.

Usage

gogo                 : change directory to default or $HOME if default is not set
gogo alias           : change directory to 'alias'
gogo alias/child/dir : change directory to the child directory of your alias (i.e. 'alias'/child/dir)
gogo -a alias        : add current directory as alias to the configuration
gogo -h, gogo --help : display help message
gogo -l, gogo --ls   : list aliases
gogo -e, gogo --edit : edit configuration in $EDITOR

Note however that changing a directory to the child of alias will not work if your alias already have slash in it. Sorry!

Remember that gogo prints all user-output to stderr so you won't be able to see it if it's redirected on your system. Sorry, but it's the only way gogo can work.

Configuration

gogo stores configuration file in ~/.config/gogo/gogo.conf. It's auto created if it doesn't exist. The syntax is pretty simple:

# Comments are lines that start from '#' character.
default = ~/something
alias = /desired/path
alias2 = /desired/path with space
alias3 = "/this/also/works"
zażółć = "unicode/is/also/supported/zażółć gęślą jaźń"

default is a special alias - gogo will go there if it's executed with no arguments. It's always available, even if it's not in a configuration file. In that case it will point to $HOME directory.

Please note that you cannot place a comment at the same line as the alias definition.

gogo allows you to create aliases for connecting directly into directories on ssh servers:

sshalias = ssh://server_info:shell /desired/path
sshalias2 = ssh://another_server ~/second/path

server_info is provided in a typical ssh format, so it can be e.g. username@server or a host alias stored in your ~/.ssh/config file. After that comes an optional shell argument (separated by a colon) into which you will be logged in. (Note however that if shell is not explicitly specified, value of your ${SHELL} environment variable will be used.) Then, after a space, comes an actual path.

If you ever wonder what commands gogo executes, you can alway call it directly:

~/bin/gogo.py