A set of bash function to navigate here and there in the file system.

here.sh

# Usage
# $ cd /some/directory
# $ here projet
#
# ... do lots of stuff, cd'ing all over.
# 
# $ there project
#
# You are back to /some/directory
#

# Add the current dir to the here list, with a name
function here {
  id="$1"
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    id='default'
  fi
  here_path="$HOME/.here/$id"
  pwd > $here_path
}

# Go to the directory named.
function there {
  id="$1"
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    id='default'
  fi
  here_path="$HOME/.here/$id"
  if test -f $here_path; then
    cat "$here_path"
    cd `cat "$here_path"`
  else
    echo "No saved path $id."
  fi
}

# List all of the names and dirs associated with them.
function where {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    #ls $HOME/.here
    for f in `ls $HOME/.here`
    do
      echo $f '==>' `cat $HOME/.here/$f`
    done
  else
    id="$1"
    here_path="$HOME/.here/$id"
    cat $here_path
  fi
}

# Clear out the directory list.
# Warning! There are no warnings.
function nowhere {
  for f in $*
  do
    rm "$HOME/.here/$f"
  done
}