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0 pointscglace10y ago0 comments

I wrote this function for my .bashrc as soon as I read this.

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(defun eshell/up (n) (dotimes (i n) (cd "..")))

uxcn10y ago

I use pup a lot too, which just prints the dir.

tux196810y ago

Zsh has quite a nice option "auto_cd". If the first word you type doesn't resolve to a command, it tries to change the current working directory to it instead. So just typing ~ will get you to $HOME, and .. will take you up one.

samf10y ago

I love this option. I type "/tmp" when I'm about to create some short-lived scratch files. Those saying "you can just alias that" are missing the point. Where do you stop with the aliases?

SomeCallMeTim10y ago

At one point I had ".." aliased to one directory up, "..." to two, and so forth. For navigating I found that preferable to cd ../../.. etc.

lisivka10y ago

    alias '..=cd ..'
    alias '~=cd "$HOME"'

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