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delano
You could also make use of temporary variables.

    $ a=`pwd`
    $ cd /mnt/rockin/it
    $ b=`pwd`
    $ cd $a
jli
I just installed it, this is a very good time saver. This is much better than temp variables because it defines "temp variable" automatically for you.
ivey
That's too much like work.

EDIT: I currently use cdargs, and it had to get built into muscle memory before it was really powerful. Now, I type "cv twTABENTER" and I'm where I want to be, before I've finished thinking about where I want to be.

Harkins
If you're using bash, the builtin cd -, pushd, and popd are all handier ways of accomplishing this.
ivey
Nope. That's stack based, this is frequency based. It learns what directories you visit more frequently, and jumps to the right one based on very small bits of input.

I wish it were interactive, like iswitchb ... or I guess I could just start using shell-mode inside Emacs.

Harkins
Yes, autojump is frequency based. That is not what I was responding to.