I have these functions in my .bashrc addpi() { echo "cd `pwd` $1" >> ~/.pi; echo } pi() { `cat ~/.pi | grep $1`; } Usage: when you are in a dir

I have these functions in my .bashrc addpi() { echo "cd `pwd` $1" >> ~/.pi; echo } pi() { `cat ~/.pi | grep $1`; } Usage: when you are in a dir that you want to bookmark say addpi <name> when you want to return to that dir from anywhere say pi <name> Ofcourse you need some kind of resolution if you have 2 matches in the grep, but it works for me.