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Random piece of info about cd: cd.. (no space between "cd" and "..") works on Windows

• disconnected 9y ago
  It's been like that since the DOS days, IIRC. You can simulate that behavior on bash with an alias such as this one: alias cd..="cd .."
  • vollmond 9y ago
    My base bashrc has this and cd-, just to handle typos
  • lokedhs 9y ago
    I believe that you also don't need the space when you specify a path: cd\foo\x The cmd parser in Windows is the most bizarre piece of software in common use. I don't believe there is a single person that actually understands how it works completely.
    • JdeBP 9y ago
      I think that Rex Conn and I could give it a fair go. (-:
    • mathieulegrand 9y ago
      cool
• Ao7bei3s 9y ago
  Or try zsh with a good pre-made config like grmlzshrc[1]. It allows changing to a directory by typing only its name (or path). This includes the .. directory. Doesn't get faster. [1] https://grml.org/zsh/ https://grml.org/zsh/
  • ksherlock 9y ago
    bash: `shopt -s autocd`
  • orf 9y ago
    Or use Autojump[1], changed my life 1. https://github.com/wting/autojump https://github.com/wting/autojump
    • cdancette 9y ago
      This is like the zsh plugin 'z'
• qbrass 9y ago
  Starting in Windows 95, you could stack periods to go back further than one directory. "cd....." instead of "cd ..\..\..\.."