On 23/01/2019 14:44, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2019-01-23 at 14:01 +0100, GianPiero Puccioni wrote:
> On 23/01/2019 07:55, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just discovered this. To cd back to the previous directory
>>
>> cd -
>>
>> What a time saver!
>>
>> -T
>
> There is also a more powerful tool:
>
> pushd DIR cd to DIR and push olddir on a stack
> popd cd to the DIR on top of stack and removes it
> dirs list the stack
>
> So you can do several "pushd" and go back trough them with popd
> (each have options, look them up...)
I'm aware of them. They originally appeared in the C Shell (csh) but
frankly I could never be bothered. 'cd -' on the other hand, is always
there and you don't need to think about it.
Yes, I use "cd -" all the time but if I know I have to search several dirs and
want to go back at will, "pushd" is very handy.
G