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Usefull in scripts when you have do change directory and want to return to where you started.
 
Usefull in scripts when you have do change directory and want to return to where you started.
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The directory stack has the current working directory and all directory's pushed on it.
 
;pushd <dir>
 
;pushd <dir>
:Change directory to <dir> (like cd) and add <dir> to the directory stack.
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:Add the current working directory to the stack and change directory to <dir>.
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;pushd
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:Pop the last directory from the directory stack, change directory to it and push the current working directory to the stack.
 
;popd
 
;popd
:Pop the last directory from the directory stack and change directory to the top of the stack (return to previous directory)
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:Pop the last directory from the directory stack and change directory to it (return to previous directory).
 
;dirs
 
;dirs
:Show the current directory stack
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:Show the current directory and the directory stack

Revision as of 12:45, 17 November 2021

Usefull in scripts when you have do change directory and want to return to where you started.

The directory stack has the current working directory and all directory's pushed on it.

pushd <dir>
Add the current working directory to the stack and change directory to <dir>.
pushd
Pop the last directory from the directory stack, change directory to it and push the current working directory to the stack.
popd
Pop the last directory from the directory stack and change directory to it (return to previous directory).
dirs
Show the current directory and the directory stack