Unix Tip #3 (Alias for Navigation)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Use alias to create shortcuts for navigation.


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3 Responses to Unix Tip #3 (Alias for Navigation)

  1. Felix says:
    April 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Just wanted to drop a line concerning builtins from cd: going back to your ~/ is as simple as ‘cd’ (seems to vaguely be your concern at some point), going back to the directory you have just been is ‘cd -’. Thanks for all the tips and keep’em coming :-)

  2. Logan Barnett says:
    April 14, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Don’t forget to `source .bash_profile` to pick up the changes you made to the file – this way you can also skip reloading your terminal app.

  3. Mat Schaffer says:
    April 18, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    The cdargs project also enables cd, cp and mv to bookmarks which is cool. Although the setup might be a bit rough for beginners. Details on cdargs are available at http://www.skamphausen.de/cgi-bin/ska/CDargs