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popd and pushd are commands that, once learned, I thought would change my life forever. Turns out, not so much. :| EDIT: 'watch mtr' is handy for keeping an

popd and pushd are commands that, once learned, I thought would change my life forever. Turns out, not so much. :| EDIT: 'watch mtr' is handy for keeping an eye on your network connection, and finding slowdowns.

simcop2387 13y ago
Using some aliases you can have pushd automatically. What then ends up useful with that is you can use ~1 ~2 ~3 ... to refer to old directories. That will change your life :) http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4290/aliasing-cd-to-pushd-is-it-a-good-idea http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4290/aliasing-cd-to-...
theophrastus 13y ago
i also tried to use pop/pushd ...tried hard. and never got it integrated into the work flow. however this guy's method has saved me a lot of keystrokes (very handy if one has a few, frequently visited, yet deeply nested, directories): http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/08/16/quickly-navigate-your-filesystem-from-the-command-line.html http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/08/16/quickly-navigate-your-f...
eropple 13y ago
I aliased `cd` to pushd (squelching output) and `dc` to popd in my interactive shell. It's super handy to have a back button for my shell.
- angersock 13y ago
  Oh, that's cute--I like that. :)
- quesera 13y ago
  dc(1) is also an RPN calculator, which comes in handy sometimes.
  - eropple 13y ago
    Yeah, I discovered that after doing it. Still never had a reason to use it, though.
LVB 13y ago
Agreed. The game changer for me turned out to be: https://github.com/rupa/z https://github.com/rupa/z It has an uncanny knack for getting me to where I want to go with very little in the way of input.
- justinmk 13y ago
  fzf completely replaces z, and is ridiculously fast. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
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vacri 13y ago
Why do you need to 'watch' mtr? It functionally behaves as a watched tool to begin with.
- angersock 13y ago
  Because I'm dumber than a sack of rocks, apparently. :|

simcop2387 13y ago

Using some aliases you can have pushd automatically. What then ends up useful with that is you can use ~1 ~2 ~3 ... to refer to old directories. That will change your life :) http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4290/aliasing-cd-to-pushd-is-it-a-good-idea http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4290/aliasing-cd-to-...

theophrastus 13y ago

i also tried to use pop/pushd ...tried hard. and never got it integrated into the work flow. however this guy's method has saved me a lot of keystrokes (very handy if one has a few, frequently visited, yet deeply nested, directories): http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/08/16/quickly-navigate-your-filesystem-from-the-command-line.html http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/08/16/quickly-navigate-your-f...

eropple 13y ago

I aliased `cd` to pushd (squelching output) and `dc` to popd in my interactive shell. It's super handy to have a back button for my shell.

angersock 13y ago
Oh, that's cute--I like that. :)
quesera 13y ago
dc(1) is also an RPN calculator, which comes in handy sometimes.
- eropple 13y ago
  Yeah, I discovered that after doing it. Still never had a reason to use it, though.

LVB 13y ago

Agreed. The game changer for me turned out to be: https://github.com/rupa/z https://github.com/rupa/z It has an uncanny knack for getting me to where I want to go with very little in the way of input.

justinmk 13y ago
fzf completely replaces z, and is ridiculously fast. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
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vacri 13y ago

Why do you need to 'watch' mtr? It functionally behaves as a watched tool to begin with.

angersock 13y ago
Because I'm dumber than a sack of rocks, apparently. :|