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I wrote a bash function yesterday which allows you to cd ... to move up two directories instead of having to cd ../.. Want to move up 4 directories?

• bachya 17y ago
  Can't remember where I found this, but this function allows you to go up any level of dirs without specifying an infinite number of aliases. Usage: up {x} where x is the number of directories you want to go up (e.g., 3) function up() { local arg=${1:-1} local dir="" while [ $arg -gt 0 ]; do dir="../$dir" arg=$(($arg - 1)); done cd $dir >&/dev/null }
• gcv 17y ago
  In zsh, you (1) don't need to write a function, and (2) you don't need to type "cd" to switch directories. setopt auto_cd alias -g ...='../..' alias -g ....='../../..' alias -g .....='../../../..' alias -g ......='../../../../..' Then you can just type "..." and go up two directory levels, and so on.
  • sant0sk1 17y ago
    That's pretty cool. I've shied away from zsh for some time as I'm very comfortable with bash, but a lot of evidence has been coming to me lately that makes me want to give it a go.
• mcxx 17y ago
  I have just an alias for this (without the cd) in my ~/.bashrc: alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias ....='cd ../../..' alias .....='cd ../../../../'
  • sant0sk1 17y ago
    Yah that's a nice way to fix it as well, but I prefer to be able to continue using the "cd" command since it is burned into my brain.