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You can also use `cd -` to return to the previous directory.

• footle 15y ago
  git "borrowed" this idea too. You can use `git checkout -` to checkout the last thing you checked out; very handy when merging.
  • nosignal 15y ago
    Python sort of did too, you can use _ to access the last-returned variable in the interpreter. [testfunc(x) for x in testlist] <successful result> success = _ print _ <successful result> It's useful when using the interpreter as a calculator, or when you're bashing out some calculation you can never remember how to do properly.
    • brettnak 15y ago
      The same thing also works in irb. >> "foo" => "foo" >> bar = _ => "foo" >> bar => "foo"
  • LiveTheDream 15y ago
    in bash you can use $_ to access the last argument of the previous command. It lets you do things like this: $ pwd /home/foo $ mkdir -p bar/baz/qux && cd $_ $ pwd /home/foo/bar/baz/qux
• leviathan 15y ago
  Yeah but only one directory in the history. With pushd/popd you can navigate as much as you want, an then popd to that directory you intended to bookmark.
  • user24 15y ago
    yeah, I switched to cd - for a while but got bitten by this too many times. $ pwd /some/long/compli/cated/v1.0.7/path/to/_stuff $ cd /simple/ $ do -stuff $ cd ./foo $ do -stuff $ rem now let's get back to that complicated directory again $ cd - oh, wait, I cd'ed twice, shit
    • nickknw 15y ago
      If you find yourself in this spot again, Ctrl-r `cd /som` helps.