New Command (alias)

[Bill Vance]

Never seen that one before.  I guess there's a
zillion ways to do most anything.....:-)

Bill

On Wed, 27 Aug 2014, Loïc Grobol wrote:

> Why not just `cd ..` ?
> 
> On 27 Aug 2014 08:00, "Bill Vance"
> <kbun at xpresso.seaslug.org> wrote:
>
>       Howdy Folks;
>
>       While I haven't seen much of it, it seems
>       logical
>       to me, that this list is not just about
>       problems,
>       but also bout passing along the, "little
>       goodies",
>       that we come across.  Well here's one for you.
>
>       Cd-ing down into a long string of directories
>       one
>       dir name at a time is one thing, but using cd
>       to
>       try to negotiate back up a few dirs, can be
>       downright cumbersome.
>
>       Conversely, I've allways liked the way ftp
>       handled this with it's, "cdup", command. 
>       After
>       playing with it a while, I think I've found
>       the
>       most elegant version to date.  After you've
>       checked it out in a shell, you're probably
>       going to want to cut/paste it in with the
>       other
>       aliases in your /home/$USER/.bashrc file. So
>       anyway, here it is.
>
>         alias cdup='cd $(dirname $PWD)'
>
>       The dirname command simply chops the last name
>       off of a directory string, in this case, the
>       Present Working Directory, and there you have
>       it.  Enjoy.
>
>       Bill
>
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