Why not just `cd ..` ? <div class="gmail_quote">On 27 Aug 2014 08:00, "Bill Vance" <<a href="mailto:kbun@xpresso.seaslug.org">kbun@xpresso.seaslug.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> 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 -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>