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What's a handy terminal command you use often? (lemm.ee)

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[–] Jozav@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

pushd and popd to change directory and go back when done there.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Even better when cd automatically invokes pushd.

[–] lluki@feddit.org 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

cd - undoes the last cd. Not quite push/popd but still useful. Pro tip, works also: git checkout -

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah. Every one of these threads makes me more inclined to read man pages

[–] 7dev7random7@suppo.fi 2 points 3 months ago

You should. These are the actually sources to learn.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

what's your alias?