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Go Up As Much Directory Levels As You Need – Easily

This neat and brilliant script by shell-fu allows you to go up as many directory levels as you want.

For example, instead of typing

cd ../../../..

You’ll be able to type the following and get the same functionality:

cd .. 4

Here is the bash function which does the magic:

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# .. - Does a 'cd ..'

# .. 3 - Does a 'cd ../../..'

#

function .. (){

  local arg=${1:-1};

  while [ $arg -gt 0 ]; do

    cd .. >&/dev/null;

    arg=$(($arg - 1));

  done

}

In order to use it, add the above code to your ~/.bashrc file (or to a new file, and source the file in your bashrc).

Now open a terminal and try it.

Original post is here.

Enjoy

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Tags: Bash, Linux, Productivity, Shell Scripts