zsh-zoxide
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⚙️ The ajeetdsouza/zoxide init for Zsh

The plugin calls zoxide init for Zsh.
zoxide is a smarter cd command, inspired by z and autojump.
The ajeetdsouza/zoxide
Environment variables
Variable | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
_ZO_CMD_PREFIX | Set variable to preferred prefix | Zi: x, other: z |
_ZO_DATA_DIR | Directory in which the database is stored | Zi: $ZPFX/share, other: none |
All environment variables: ajeetdsouza/zoxide#environment-variables
Eval-cache options
Before setting the environment variables, you must declare the associative array:
typeset -A ZEC
Set the following environment variables to change the default behavior:
Variable | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
ZEC[DISABLED] | Disable eval-caching | 0 |
ZEC[DEBUG] | Enable debug mode for eval-caching | 0 |
ZEC[MAX] | Maximum number to load from cache (until force refresh) | 1000 |
Eval-cache files are stored in ${Plugins[ZSH_ZOXIDE]}/._zoxide/* directory.
Install zoxide
- Official install (recommended)
- With Zi:
zi ice as'null' from"gh-r" sbin
zi light ajeetdsouza/zoxide
Wiki: install fzf command-line fuzzy finder as Zi package.
Install zsh-zoxide
Note:
- the alternative for zsh-zoxide is 🌀 eval annex.
- To forcefully set z function include atinit'z(){ __zoxide_z "$@"; }' when installing with Zi (#37).
Standard syntax
zi ice has'zoxide'
zi light z-shell/zsh-zoxide
The "For" syntax
zi has'zoxide' light-mode for \
z-shell/zsh-zoxide
Turbo mode + "For" syntax
zi has'zoxide' wait lucid for \
z-shell/zsh-zoxide
Profile startup time
After loading the plugin – shows profiling results and then unloads zsh/zprof
zi ice has'zoxide' atinit'zmodload zsh/zprof' \
atload'zprof | head -n 20; zmodload -u zsh/zprof'
zi light z-shell/zsh-zoxide
Environment variables and usage with Zi
The plugin will call zoxide init with prefixed commands x, xi:
- [x] Completions auto-loaded: commands, ice-modifiers
- [x] Manpage auto installed: $ZI[MAN_DIR]
- [x] Database directory set: $ZPFX/share, customizing-paths
x foo # cd into highest ranked directory matching foo
x foo bar # cd into highest ranked directory matching foo and bar
x foo / # cd into a subdirectory starting with foo
x ~/foo # x also works like a regular cd command
x foo/ # cd into relative path
x .. # cd one level up
x - # cd into the previous directory
xi foo # cd with interactive selection (using fzf)
x foo<SPACE><TAB> # show interactive completions
Environment variables and usage with other plugin managers
The plugin will call zoxide init
with prefixed commands z
, and zi
.