.aliases

# Initialize the array of favs
source ~/.favs

# Create an alias for each of the favs
for key in $favs
do
  directory="$favs[$key]"
  alias $key="cd $directory"
done

# Set a fav command to define new fav directories
fav(){
  dir_shortkey=$1
  # Associate the current directory to a shortkey
  echo "favs[${dir_shortkey}]=${PWD}\n" >> ~/.favs
  # and reload the favs
  source ~/.favs
}

.favs

# create an associative array: $favs
typeset -A favs
# Elements of that array will be added here after