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  • @bubstance
    8•8 months ago

    A different way to do the usual ..="cd .." and endless chains of ...="cd ../.." types of aliases:

    bash/ksh version:

    ..() {
    local count="${1:-1}"
    local path="../"
    while (( --count > 0 )); do
        path="$path../"
    done
    cd -- "$path"
}

    zsh single-line version:

    ..() { cd $(printf "../%.s" {1..${1:-1}}) }

    These take the number of directories that you want to move up as an argument (e.g. .. 3), otherwise they move you up one directory when used with no arguments.

    • ÁdámEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      There is a shell option for this (at least in zsh): setopt autocd. This allows you to change directories while omitting the cd in front