Linux Tips

You can toggle between the last two current directories using cd - as shown below. [dipin@linuxgeek ~]$ cd /etc/ [dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ pwd /etc [dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ cd /var/ [dipin@linuxgeek var]$ pwd /var [dipin@linuxgeek var]$ cd - /etc [dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ pwd /etc [dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ Enjoy!

In the below example i have show how to navigate up to level 5 using cd......(cd followed by 6 dots). Here a single dot represents the current directory, 2 dot means 1 level up, 3 dots means 2 level up and so on.. Add the following alias. $ alias cd..="cd .." $ alias cd...="cd ../.." $ alias cd....="cd ../../.." $ alias cd.....="cd ../../../.." $ alias cd......="cd ../../../../.." Now use cd.... to navigate upto level 3. Add more alias if you need. Enjoy! thanks to linuxhacks.