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		mekster on April 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are your go to shell one-liners? `alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias ....='cd ../../..'` They read more intuitively and 'cd -' works better.

fuzztester on April 23, 2024 [–]

He he. Nice.

Novell Netware had that built in.

cd .. did what you expect.

cd ... went up 2 levels.

cd .... up 3. And so on.

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