Waypoints allows you to quickly move through directories while in the terminal. This is done by allowing the user to create waypoints, waypoints are basically bookmarks. Users assgin a waypoint an alias and the alias allows you quickly move to that waypoint.

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Usage

list

List all the waypoints you have created.

drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ wp list
way-points: (total 0)

add

Add a waypoint. the supcommand add takes two arguments, the waypoint name and direcotry(wp add <NAME> <DIRECTORY>).

drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ wp add ways .
creating way-point      ways

drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ wp list
way-points: (total 1)
ways    /home/drjoliv/projects/waypoints

warp

Usign a waypoint. No subcommand is need to use a waypoint jsut the name of the waypoint(wp <NAME>).

drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ cd ~/
drjoliv@mango:~$ wp ways
drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ 

remove

Remove a way-point. The subcommand rm deletes way-points.(wp rm <NAME>)

drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ wp rm ways
removing way-point:     ways
drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ wp list
way-points: (total 0)
drjoliv@mango:~/projects/waypoints$ 

help

To print usage information:

wp help