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Just realized I can just use "..." to go back two directories! Is this a zsh feature? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca to c/programming@beehaw.org
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I accidentally discovered that both "cd ..." and "..." work, and moreover, I can add more dots to go back further! I'm using zsh on iTerm2 on macOS. I'm pretty sure this isn't a cd feature. Is this specific to zsh or iTerm2? Are there other cool features I just never knew existed??

I'm so excited about an extra dot right now.

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[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BTW in case you didn't know, a bare cd without arguments will bring you to your home. I have alias setup to quickly navigate one or two directories up and print the path then:

alias ..='cd .. && pwd'
alias ...='cd ../.. && pwd'

Should works with every shell and I don't even need to type cd itself.

[–] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oooh I’m stealing these aliases! Odd that I never wondered whether you could have an alias be symbols.