Change Directory with two dots (cd..)

[Tony Arnold]

Chris Neary wrote:
> On a related note, is it the hyphen which is used with cd to 'ping-pong'
> between current and previous-visited directories? I think I read this in
> Linux Desktop Hacks, but can't remember it now.

If you want to keep track of where you are visiting, then pushd and popd
can be quite useful (they maintain a first in/last out queue, i.e., a
stack; of visited directories). Problem I have is that I have usually
cd'd to my new directory and only later wished I'd used pushd instead!

Regards,
Tony.
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