Tips tagged cd


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Tip #769   .. revisited

Tip 550 gives a script for a '..' command which will go up n directory levels, however the version there messes up your previous directory so "cd -" will not work. The version below fixes this problem:

.. v1.1
Usage .. [n]
Go up n-levels.
i.e.: .. 3 will go up 3 levels

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Tip #550   Go up n directory levels

You often see people using aliases like "alias ..='cd ..'" and "alias ...='cd ../..'". Here is a general version of this kind of '..' command, which takes an argument for how many levels up to go.

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Tip #546   Move and follow

This can be used instead of "mv" to move file(s) and then cd into the destination folder.

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