For Zsh, there are better stuff available. For example, you can use `cd +<tab>` to change to a past directory. And instead of aliases for `.....`, you can use:

For Zsh, there are better stuff available. For example, you can use `cd +<tab>` to change to a past directory. And instead of aliases for `.....`, you can use: # Expand ... to ../.. function vbe-expand-dot-to-parent-directory-path() { case $LBUFFER in (./..|* ./..) LBUFFER+='.' ;; # In Go: "go list ./..." (..|*[ /=]..) LBUFFER+='/..' ;; (*) LBUFFER+='.' ;; esac } zle -N vbe-expand-dot-to-parent-directory-path bindkey "." vbe-expand-dot-to-parent-directory-path bindkey -M isearch "." self-insert