g
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g.cmd is a simple windows batch file you can use for easy navigation on the windows command line. 

Too many times I've sat with another developer at his machine and impatiently suffered as I waited for him to clumsily navigate his directory structure on the command line. A conversation sometimes ensues as I drum my fingers on his desktop:

>"Why don't you have a script file for navigating your project directories?"<br/>
>"Uh, yeah, that's a good idea"<br/>
>"How many minutes of your life do you think you've wasted typing 'cd ..\\..' and such?"<br/>
>...nervous, anxiety driven chuckles... 

Now I have a place to point him to get him started.

Usage
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To go to your Downloads directory:

    g down

To go to your Documents directory:

    g

To go to the code project PAA:

    g code paa

The Setup
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If you don't have one, create a directory for your common scripts and ensure that directory is in your path (see my npath git project for an easy way to do this from the windows command line). I use and recommend %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\bin as the directory for my scripts and tools.

Put g.cmd in that directory

Modify g.cmd to your file structure.

Use it.

Gee, isn't that easy?


g
=

g.cmd is a simple windows batch file you can use for easy navigation on the windows command line. 

Too many times I've sat with another developer at their machine and impatiently suffered as I waited for them to clumsily navigate his directory structure on the command line. A conversation sometimes ensues as I drum my fingers on his desktop:

>"Why don't you have a script file for navigating your project directories?"<br/>
>"Uh, yeah, that's a good idea"<br/>
>"How many minutes of your life do you think you've wasted typing 'cd ..\\..' and such?"<br/>
>...nervous, anxiety driven chuckles... 

Now I have a place to point them to get started.

Usage
---------
To go to your Downloads directory:

    g down

To go to your Documents directory:

    g

To go to the code project PAA:

    g code paa

The Setup
---------
If you don't have one, create a directory for your common scripts and ensure that directory is in your path (see my npath git project for an easy way to do this from the windows command line). I use and recommend %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\bin as the directory for my scripts and tools.

Put g.cmd in that directory

Modify g.cmd to your file structure.

Use it.

Gee, isn't that easy?


Update readme not to use sexist language
Update readme not to use sexist language

The article I read to make me comfortable using the singular "they": https://harpers.org/archive/2020/08/all-my-pronouns-the-singular-they/