Directory bookmarking for bash

I created this bookmark bash script to help me move around from on project folder another faster on the commnand line

function cdb() {
    USAGE="Usage: cdb [-c|-g|-d|-l] [bookmark]" ;
    if  [ ! -e ~/.cd_bookmarks ] ; then
        mkdir ~/.cd_bookmarks
    fi

    case $1 in
        # create bookmark
        -c) shift
            if [ ! -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then
                cd `pwd` > ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1" ;
            else
                echo "Try again! Looks like there is already a bookmark '$1'"
            fi
            ;;
        # goto bookmark
        -g) shift
            if [ -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then 
                source ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1"
            else
                echo "Mmm...looks like your bookmark has spontaneously combusted. What I mean to say is that your bookmark does not exist." ;
            fi
            ;;
        # delete bookmark
        -d) shift
            if [ -f ~/.cd_bookmarks/$1 ] ; then 
                rm ~/.cd_bookmarks/"$1" ;
            else
                echo "Oops, forgot to specify the bookmark" ;
            fi    
            ;;
        # list bookmarks
        -l) shift
            ls -l ~/.cd_bookmarks/ ;
            ;;
         *) echo "$USAGE" ;
            ;;
    esac
}

INSTALL
1./ create a file ~/.cdb and copy the above script into it.
2./ in your ~/.basrc add the following

if [ -f ~/.cdb ]; then
    source ~/.cdb
fi 

3./ restart your bash session

USAGE
1./ to create a bookmark

$cd my_project
$cdb -c project1

2./ to goto a bookmark

$cdb -g project1

3./ to list bookmarks

$cdb -l

4./ to delete a bookmark

$cdb -d project1

5./ where are all my bookmarks stored?

$cd ~/.cd_bookmarks