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Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

by Clif Flynt, Sarath Lakshman, Shantanu Tushar
May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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pushd and popd are useful when there are more than three directory paths used. However, when you use only two locations, there is an alternative and easier way, that is, cd -.

The current path is /var/www.

    /var/www $  cd /usr/src
/usr/src $ # do something

Now, to switch back to /var/www, you don't have to type /var/www, just execute:

    /usr/src $ cd -

To switch to /usr/src:

    /var/www $ cd -
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ISBN: 9781785881985