I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal. How do I navigate back up if I go too far?
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3Possible duplicate of Going to the parent directory of a file with cd?– DJCrashdummyNov 29, 2015 at 1:05
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unix.stackexchange.com/a/81232/18237 great for working in multiple directory branches, and marking a "starting" point to come back to– MateoNov 29, 2015 at 4:58
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cd .. will bring you back exactly one directory up.
You can string together those to go up multiple directories, e.g. up 3
cd ../../..
Instead of typing cd .. multiple times, what you could to is to place the function bellow into your .bashrc somewhere at the top, save .bashrc, and run source .bashrc or just close and reopen a terminal. Now, you have a function that does cd.. exactly how many times you told it to.
function goUp {
num=$1
while [ $num -ne 0 ];do
cd ..
num=$((num-1))
done
}
Demo:
$ cd /usr/share/backgrounds/
backgrounds:$ goUp 2
usr:$
Alternatively:
goup(){
cd $(n=$1 awk 'BEGIN{
for(i=1;i<=ENVIRON["n"];i++)
printf "../"}';)
}
Note that such method brings you back along the symlinks. Here's what I mean:
$ namei "$PWD"
f: /home/user/VirtualBox VMs/CentOS
d /
d home
d user
l VirtualBox VMs -> /mnt/ubuntu/vboxvms
d /
d mnt
d ubuntu
d vboxvms
d CentOS
$ goup 2
$ pwd
/home/user
See also
answered Nov 28, 2015 at 23:20
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@deltab true, could be done as well . . . .But I prefer using while + counter to simulate a for loop. I've asked a relevant question before on U&L site Nov 29, 2015 at 2:14
I found a simple way to go up.
cd ../
./ means current directory
../means one level up directory
answered Jun 21, 2020 at 13:10
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1Upvote because I did not know that the
cd ..stands forcd ../, I thought it would be just like cd.. in Windows and did not understand the space in between until now. Feb 11, 2021 at 14:48 -
1@questionto42 Yeah,
..is same as../, as well as.vs./. You can even join multiple slashes like this:.///. It's still same as.. There are also othercdtricks, likecd -, which will change the directory to the previous one. But that's a bit off topic :) Feb 11, 2021 at 21:23 -
..doesn't "stand for../, it's just the name of the parent directory. It's actually an entry (not sure off the top of my head if real or virtual) in the current directory. Dols -lato see the entries for both.and... Jul 1, 2023 at 13:44
You can use popd and pushd too, to "checkpoint" or "bookmark", or as I tend to describe it; "set a spawn-point":
pushd ./ # set the spawn point to the current folder ./
go to another directory, like cd .. or whatever
popd # get back to where we set pushd
This is, hopefully something useful for someone,
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2This doesn't answer the question and should have been a comment in my opinion Jul 3, 2022 at 16:43
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1you are right; in some sense - not directly answering; but as multiple methods should be known - so to speak; not only rely on 1 command; and this is a nice convenient way (especially for new ones) to do it; good to learn as well (NOTE: only my experience) @GuilhermeTaffarelBergamin +1 for that comment btw; upvoted! :) Jul 9, 2022 at 9:05
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- For normal bash:
- cd ..
- cd -
- I suggest using oh-my-zsh instead of a typical shell. It has a number of aliases; concerning the one you asked, you type
..without cd. Very comfy.
Next, one may use several periods for more levels:
-='cd -'
...=../..
....=../../..
.....=../../../..
......=../../../../..
Moreover, for going upward any number of levels, just type the number
1='cd -1'
2='cd -2'
3='cd -3'
4='cd -4'
5='cd -5'
6='cd -6'
7='cd -7'
8='cd -8'
9='cd -9'
E.g.,
$ ~/Documents/Fld1/Fld2/Fld3
$ 3
$ ~/Documents
