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PowerShell command line productivity booster
Fasdr 
Fasdr (pronounced similar to "faster") is a command-line productivity booster for PowerShell. It supports quick access to leaf and container classes for PowerShell providers. Leaf and container paths are tracked and ranked based on frequency and date.
Introduction
Fasdr allows you to open files or change directories by accessing its database that it keeps of your history. Set-Frecent is used to jump between paths. You can even use tab completion to iterate through Fasdr's database. Here are some examples:
j 'Files' # cd 'c:\Program Files'
jl 'notepad.exe' # cd 'c:\Windows\System32'
j is aliased to Set-Frecent, which accepts leaves and containers. jl is aliased to Set-FrecentFromLeaf, which forwards to Set-Frecent; however, tab completion will filter only leaf paths.
Installation
Fasdr is available on the PowerShell Gallery. Note that it will hook into the current prompt and tab completion functions for proper support of word completion mode.
Fasdr has only been tested on PowerShell 5.0.
Matching
Fasdr has similar matching rules to Fasd. Exact matches between the search string and the last element of items stored in the database are returned first, followed by fuzzy matches.
Search Syntax
Fasdr's search syntax supports prefix, suffix, and current directory searches.
| Token Example | Match type | Description |
|---|---|---|
log.txt |
fuzzy match | Items that exactly match or fuzzy match log.txt |
=log.txt |
exact match | Items that exactly match log.txt |
^notepad |
prefix exact match | Items that start with notepad |
.cpp$ |
suffix exact match | Items that end with .cpp |
**Documents |
match against current working directory | Items that exist below the current working directory |
Word Completion
Fasdr has special tokens that can be used for tab completion from any command.
| Token Example | Match type | Description |
|---|---|---|
:::Windows |
containers and leaves | Items that contain Windows |
c::Windows |
containers only | Containers that contain Windows |
l::txt |
leaves only | Leaves that contain txt |
d::Windows |
directories only | Directories that contain Windows |
f::txt |
files only | Files that contain txt |
Global Settings
Global settings can be set dynamically by accessing the global hashtable $global:Fasdr.
| Setting | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
MaxResults |
maximum results that Find-Frecent returns |
50 |
MaxEntries |
maximum number of entries saved in each provider database | 10000 |
Reference/Inspiration
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