fast-forward lets you remember, find and open your most used commands and folders.

• Setup
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac
• Usage
  • Available commands
• Settings
  • Supported and default settings
  • Using settings as variables in commands

1. Download and extract https://github.com/phparsenal/fast-forward/archive/master.zip

2. Install composer using the Windows installer

3. Make sure dependencies are up to date:

    composer install
   

4. Edit the file ff.bat and change ffpath to the folder you put fast-forward in.

5. Copy ff.bat to a global path so that it is always available on the command line.

1. Download the project:

    cd ~
    git clone https://github.com/phparsenal/fast-forward.git
   

2. Install composer:

    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
    mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
   

3. Make sure dependencies are up to date:

    composer install
   

4. Afterwards make the ff command available globally by adding this to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_aliases:

    alias ff='. /path/to/fast-forward/ff.sh'
   

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Add a new command in one line:

ff add [-d|--description DESCRIPTION] [--] <shortcut> <cmd>

List all available commands and execute the selection:

ff

Searching for htd* If the only result is htd it will be executed, otherwise all matches will be displayed first.

ff run htd

Commands can be abbreviated:

ff r htd

Show details about a command:

ff help <command>

Usage:
  set [options] [--] [<key>] [<value>]

Arguments:
  key                            Name or key of the setting
  value                          Value to be set

Options:
  -l, --list                     Show a list of all current settings.
  -d, --default                  Display a list of supported settings and their defaults.
  -f, --import-file=IMPORT-FILE  Import from the specified file or STDIN
  -i, --import-stdin             Import setting via STDIN pipe

e.g.

ff set ff.limit 20 Limit to 20 results
ff set -l > settings.txt Dump settings
ff set -f settings.txt Import settings from file
cat settings.txt | ff set -i Import setting from STDIN

The following settings are supported by fast-forward:

• ff.limit
  • Limit amount of results (> 0 or 0 for no limit)
  • Default: 0
• ff.sort
  • Sort order of results (shortcut, description, command, hit_count, ts_created, ts_modified)
  • Default: hit_count
• ff.interactive
  • Ask for missing input interactively (0 never, 1 always)
  • Default: 1
• ff.color
  • Enable color output on supported systems (0/1)
  • Default: 1

You can also create your own settings which can be accessed in commands:
ff set location tokio

Use the setting name surrounded by @ in your commands:
weather @location@

The identifiers are replaced with the current or default value of the setting:
weather tokio