yazi/Q/In yazi, if I navigate to a directory, is there a way to exit yazi into that directory?

• In yazi, if I navigate to a directory, is there a way to exit yazi into that directory?

  • AI Answer

    • AI/Response
      • Yes — use the official shell wrapper function (conventionally named y). It launches yazi with --cwd-file, which makes yazi write its working directory to a temp file on exit. The wrapper then reads that file and cds your shell to it.
      • Setup (bash/zsh): add this function to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:
        • bash

          function y() {
            local tmp="$(mktemp -t "yazi-cwd.XXXXXX")" cwd
            yazi "$@" --cwd-file="$tmp"
            if cwd="$(command cat -- "$tmp")" && [ -n "$cwd" ] && [ "$cwd" != "$PWD" ]; then
              builtin cd -- "$cwd"
            fi
            rm -f -- "$tmp"
          }

      • Usage: type y instead of yazi to launch. Press q to quit and land in the current directory; press Q to quit without changing directory.
      • Fish, Nushell, PowerShell, and Windows CMD variants are documented on Quick Start | Yazi.