WORKING WITH BOOKMARKS

Long-time readers will remember Buku, a useful directory bookmark utility we discussed. You can find the same functionality in nnn, and can create bookmarks for frequently accessed directories. Bookmarks are defined using a key_char:location pair. For instance, you can have D as a bookmark for ~/Downloads directory. To do this, run the export NNN_BMS=”D:~//Downloads command. All key_char:location pairs must be separated by the ; key. The command export NNN_BMS=”d:$HOME/downloads;p:~/Downloads/projects;t:/media/linuxlala/Stuffsies” creates three bookmarks. You can view all the bookmarks from within nnn by pressing ?. All user-created bookmarks are listed under the BOOKMARKS heading. You must add the export command to your ~/.bashrc file, and remember to run the source .bashrc command every time you create a new bookmark, if you wish to retain it for future nnn sessions. To access…