Go back to previous directory in shell
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Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
Edit:
"cd -" works, but only for current and previous directories. Is there anyway I can go back to the previous previous previous directory like how you can go back in the web browser?
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linux command-line bash
asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
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Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
Edit:
"cd -" works, but only for current and previous directories. Is there anyway I can go back to the previous previous previous directory like how you can go back in the web browser?
Regards
linux command-line bash
asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
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As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
– blueyed
Mar 5 '10 at 3:02
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Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
– sdaffa23fdsf
Apr 8 '12 at 22:49
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Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 15:11
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up vote
279
down vote
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Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
Edit:
"cd -" works, but only for current and previous directories. Is there anyway I can go back to the previous previous previous directory like how you can go back in the web browser?
Regards
linux command-line bash
asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
2,33282534
Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
Edit:
"cd -" works, but only for current and previous directories. Is there anyway I can go back to the previous previous previous directory like how you can go back in the web browser?
Regards
linux command-line bash
linux command-line bash
asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
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asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
2,33282534
edited Feb 25 '10 at 7:10
asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
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asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
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asked Feb 25 '10 at 6:44
portoalet
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As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
– blueyed
Mar 5 '10 at 3:02
8
Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
– sdaffa23fdsf
Apr 8 '12 at 22:49
1
Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 15:11
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1
As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
– blueyed
Mar 5 '10 at 3:02
8
Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
– sdaffa23fdsf
Apr 8 '12 at 22:49
1
Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 15:11
1
1
As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
– blueyed
Mar 5 '10 at 3:02
As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
– blueyed
Mar 5 '10 at 3:02
8
8
Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
– sdaffa23fdsf
Apr 8 '12 at 22:49
Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
– sdaffa23fdsf
Apr 8 '12 at 22:49
1
1
Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 15:11
Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 15:11
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cd - (goes back to previous directory)
If you want to be able to go to the other previous directories, this is not possible out of the box. But check this script and instructions:
History of visited directories in BASH
The cd command works as usual. The new
feature is the history of the last 10
directories and the cd command
expanded to display and access it. cd
-- (or simply pressing ctrl+w) shows the history. In front of every
directory name you see a number. cd
-num with the number you want jumps to the corresponding directory from the
history.
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
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also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
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@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using thiscd --in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script
– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The--simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after--, the final command is justcdwhich switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.
– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
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You can also use variable cd $OLDPWD. This can be also used in shell scripts.
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
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$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
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If you've gone down the directory tree and want to go back up, .. is my personal favorite. You can jump around within a branch of the tree quite easily with .. going up one directory and ../.. two and ../../.. three, etc. You can also go up and down a different branch with the same command, such as cd ../../example or cd ../../../example/example etc. For a simple switch that goes back and forth between directories, cd - or $OLDPWD are your best bets, as others mentioned.
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
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For Windows (including Node.js commads prompt console case) does not works cd - To moves you up one directory works
cd ..
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
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cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, notWindows.
– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
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I think cd .. might help. If you do a ls -a in any directory you would see that there are two entries: one named "." and another named ".."; the single dot is reference to the directory you are already in, while the double is the previous directory in the path.
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
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..is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.
– Der Hochstapler
Dec 10 '12 at 10:28
4
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
1
This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
May 24 '17 at 9:45
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I find the easiest way to do it is with this .bashrc power edit: https://github.com/wting/autojump .
You get to "mark" folders you navigate to, giving them a shorthand name that's easy to remember (my advice; the foregoing is not in the docs), such as Pics for Pictures, etc. 'jump' returns you to the folder you 'marked,' and 'marks' lists folders you have added to the 'stack' (as with pushd and popd), with the added advantage that your marks remain the same from one session to the next, ad infinitum.
I have yet to try it on more than one harddrive, but the results should be similar to those using a single volume.
S Wright
answered Nov 20 at 22:51
Steve Wright
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6 Answers
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cd - (goes back to previous directory)
If you want to be able to go to the other previous directories, this is not possible out of the box. But check this script and instructions:
History of visited directories in BASH
The cd command works as usual. The new
feature is the history of the last 10
directories and the cd command
expanded to display and access it. cd
-- (or simply pressing ctrl+w) shows the history. In front of every
directory name you see a number. cd
-num with the number you want jumps to the corresponding directory from the
history.
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
19
also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
6
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using thiscd --in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script
– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The--simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after--, the final command is justcdwhich switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.
– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
379
down vote
accepted
cd - (goes back to previous directory)
If you want to be able to go to the other previous directories, this is not possible out of the box. But check this script and instructions:
History of visited directories in BASH
The cd command works as usual. The new
feature is the history of the last 10
directories and the cd command
expanded to display and access it. cd
-- (or simply pressing ctrl+w) shows the history. In front of every
directory name you see a number. cd
-num with the number you want jumps to the corresponding directory from the
history.
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
19
also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
6
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using thiscd --in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script
– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The--simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after--, the final command is justcdwhich switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.
– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
379
down vote
accepted
up vote
379
down vote
accepted
cd - (goes back to previous directory)
If you want to be able to go to the other previous directories, this is not possible out of the box. But check this script and instructions:
History of visited directories in BASH
The cd command works as usual. The new
feature is the history of the last 10
directories and the cd command
expanded to display and access it. cd
-- (or simply pressing ctrl+w) shows the history. In front of every
directory name you see a number. cd
-num with the number you want jumps to the corresponding directory from the
history.
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
cd - (goes back to previous directory)
If you want to be able to go to the other previous directories, this is not possible out of the box. But check this script and instructions:
History of visited directories in BASH
The cd command works as usual. The new
feature is the history of the last 10
directories and the cd command
expanded to display and access it. cd
-- (or simply pressing ctrl+w) shows the history. In front of every
directory name you see a number. cd
-num with the number you want jumps to the corresponding directory from the
history.
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
edited Feb 1 '14 at 14:45
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
answered Feb 25 '10 at 6:50
Snark
28.8k67689
28.8k67689
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also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
6
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using thiscd --in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script
– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The--simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after--, the final command is justcdwhich switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.
– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
|
show 1 more comment
19
also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
6
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using thiscd --in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script
– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The--simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after--, the final command is justcdwhich switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.
– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
19
19
also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
also pushd and popd might be useful
– lorenzog
Feb 25 '10 at 8:55
6
6
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@lorenzog : lydonchandra, in his question, said "without using pushd/popd"
– Snark
Feb 25 '10 at 9:19
@ogc-nick for using this
cd -- in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
@ogc-nick for using this
cd -- in menu-like manner, you should use the mentioned script– Ram
Feb 11 '16 at 6:13
1
1
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The
-- simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after --, the final command is just cd which switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
@ogc-nick no it doesn't. The
-- simply separates a command and its options from the parameters (see this post). Because no arguments follow after --, the final command is just cd which switches to your home directory. That might have been the second previous directory, but that's just a coincidence.– Griddo
Mar 8 at 9:02
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
wow syntactic sugar much
– user2230470
Jun 24 at 2:00
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You can also use variable cd $OLDPWD. This can be also used in shell scripts.
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
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$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
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You can also use variable cd $OLDPWD. This can be also used in shell scripts.
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
6
$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
add a comment |
up vote
21
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up vote
21
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You can also use variable cd $OLDPWD. This can be also used in shell scripts.
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
You can also use variable cd $OLDPWD. This can be also used in shell scripts.
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
answered Jan 9 '15 at 8:27
Ales Dolecek
31123
31123
6
$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
add a comment |
6
$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
6
6
$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
$OLDPWD maintains the last directory you came from which is good for scripts. I use $OLDPWD with cp command a lot. E.g cp -v $OLDPWD/file .
– Neil Wightman
Jan 9 '15 at 9:12
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
@NeilWightman Great little gem. Thank you!
– joshperry
Jun 8 '16 at 16:41
add a comment |
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If you've gone down the directory tree and want to go back up, .. is my personal favorite. You can jump around within a branch of the tree quite easily with .. going up one directory and ../.. two and ../../.. three, etc. You can also go up and down a different branch with the same command, such as cd ../../example or cd ../../../example/example etc. For a simple switch that goes back and forth between directories, cd - or $OLDPWD are your best bets, as others mentioned.
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
If you've gone down the directory tree and want to go back up, .. is my personal favorite. You can jump around within a branch of the tree quite easily with .. going up one directory and ../.. two and ../../.. three, etc. You can also go up and down a different branch with the same command, such as cd ../../example or cd ../../../example/example etc. For a simple switch that goes back and forth between directories, cd - or $OLDPWD are your best bets, as others mentioned.
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
If you've gone down the directory tree and want to go back up, .. is my personal favorite. You can jump around within a branch of the tree quite easily with .. going up one directory and ../.. two and ../../.. three, etc. You can also go up and down a different branch with the same command, such as cd ../../example or cd ../../../example/example etc. For a simple switch that goes back and forth between directories, cd - or $OLDPWD are your best bets, as others mentioned.
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
If you've gone down the directory tree and want to go back up, .. is my personal favorite. You can jump around within a branch of the tree quite easily with .. going up one directory and ../.. two and ../../.. three, etc. You can also go up and down a different branch with the same command, such as cd ../../example or cd ../../../example/example etc. For a simple switch that goes back and forth between directories, cd - or $OLDPWD are your best bets, as others mentioned.
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
1394
answered Aug 3 '16 at 15:30
Adam Erickson
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1394
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For Windows (including Node.js commads prompt console case) does not works cd - To moves you up one directory works
cd ..
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
2
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, notWindows.
– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
For Windows (including Node.js commads prompt console case) does not works cd - To moves you up one directory works
cd ..
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
2
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, notWindows.
– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
For Windows (including Node.js commads prompt console case) does not works cd - To moves you up one directory works
cd ..
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
For Windows (including Node.js commads prompt console case) does not works cd - To moves you up one directory works
cd ..
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
answered Nov 7 '17 at 3:31
IgorBeaz
1573
1573
2
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, notWindows.
– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
add a comment |
2
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, notWindows.
– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
2
2
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
cd .. moves to parent directory, which is not what was the subject of question.
– ViaSat
Mar 28 at 16:24
This is bash here, not
Windows.– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
This is bash here, not
Windows.– Timo
Apr 5 at 12:37
add a comment |
up vote
-1
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I think cd .. might help. If you do a ls -a in any directory you would see that there are two entries: one named "." and another named ".."; the single dot is reference to the directory you are already in, while the double is the previous directory in the path.
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
20
..is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.
– Der Hochstapler
Dec 10 '12 at 10:28
4
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
1
This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
May 24 '17 at 9:45
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up vote
-1
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I think cd .. might help. If you do a ls -a in any directory you would see that there are two entries: one named "." and another named ".."; the single dot is reference to the directory you are already in, while the double is the previous directory in the path.
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
20
..is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.
– Der Hochstapler
Dec 10 '12 at 10:28
4
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
1
This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
May 24 '17 at 9:45
add a comment |
up vote
-1
down vote
up vote
-1
down vote
I think cd .. might help. If you do a ls -a in any directory you would see that there are two entries: one named "." and another named ".."; the single dot is reference to the directory you are already in, while the double is the previous directory in the path.
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
I think cd .. might help. If you do a ls -a in any directory you would see that there are two entries: one named "." and another named ".."; the single dot is reference to the directory you are already in, while the double is the previous directory in the path.
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:08
Xente
851
851
20
..is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.
– Der Hochstapler
Dec 10 '12 at 10:28
4
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
1
This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
May 24 '17 at 9:45
add a comment |
20
..is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.
– Der Hochstapler
Dec 10 '12 at 10:28
4
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
1
This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
May 24 '17 at 9:45
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.. is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.– Der Hochstapler
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.. is not the previous directory, it's just the parent directory.– Der Hochstapler
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This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
Sep 29 '16 at 12:36
This answer provides useful information even if it does not answer correctly the question. Therefore there is no point in piling negative votes on it, I upvoted for the effort.
– Titou
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This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
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This is not Berkley, there are no special awards just for participation
– nathanchere
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I find the easiest way to do it is with this .bashrc power edit: https://github.com/wting/autojump .
You get to "mark" folders you navigate to, giving them a shorthand name that's easy to remember (my advice; the foregoing is not in the docs), such as Pics for Pictures, etc. 'jump' returns you to the folder you 'marked,' and 'marks' lists folders you have added to the 'stack' (as with pushd and popd), with the added advantage that your marks remain the same from one session to the next, ad infinitum.
I have yet to try it on more than one harddrive, but the results should be similar to those using a single volume.
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I find the easiest way to do it is with this .bashrc power edit: https://github.com/wting/autojump .
You get to "mark" folders you navigate to, giving them a shorthand name that's easy to remember (my advice; the foregoing is not in the docs), such as Pics for Pictures, etc. 'jump' returns you to the folder you 'marked,' and 'marks' lists folders you have added to the 'stack' (as with pushd and popd), with the added advantage that your marks remain the same from one session to the next, ad infinitum.
I have yet to try it on more than one harddrive, but the results should be similar to those using a single volume.
S Wright
answered Nov 20 at 22:51
Steve Wright
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I find the easiest way to do it is with this .bashrc power edit: https://github.com/wting/autojump .
You get to "mark" folders you navigate to, giving them a shorthand name that's easy to remember (my advice; the foregoing is not in the docs), such as Pics for Pictures, etc. 'jump' returns you to the folder you 'marked,' and 'marks' lists folders you have added to the 'stack' (as with pushd and popd), with the added advantage that your marks remain the same from one session to the next, ad infinitum.
I have yet to try it on more than one harddrive, but the results should be similar to those using a single volume.
S Wright
answered Nov 20 at 22:51
Steve Wright
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I find the easiest way to do it is with this .bashrc power edit: https://github.com/wting/autojump .
You get to "mark" folders you navigate to, giving them a shorthand name that's easy to remember (my advice; the foregoing is not in the docs), such as Pics for Pictures, etc. 'jump' returns you to the folder you 'marked,' and 'marks' lists folders you have added to the 'stack' (as with pushd and popd), with the added advantage that your marks remain the same from one session to the next, ad infinitum.
I have yet to try it on more than one harddrive, but the results should be similar to those using a single volume.
S Wright
answered Nov 20 at 22:51
Steve Wright
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answered Nov 20 at 22:51
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As noted below, you can do so using "pushd" and "popd".
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Just a side note "cd --" goes to the user default direcotry (/home/username)
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Best answer imho : unix.stackexchange.com/a/180640/158177 provides cd -1 to cd -9 which I think is what the OP asked for
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