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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Puzzling Problem: Going back to the previous directory Post 302249147 by Legend986 on Monday 20th of October 2008 06:46:19 PM
Old 10-20-2008
Puzzling Problem: Going back to the previous directory

Hi,

I am trying to figure out if there is a way to make linux take me back to the previous directory I was working in. For instance, I am in

/home/username/directory1

Then if I cd into /home/username/directory1/temp1/temp2/temp3

I would like to immediately go back to the previous directory that I visited i.e. directory1 and when I type the same command it should take me back to temp3 so basically switching between directories should be done instantly. Is there any way I could do this in command line?
 

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer. SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories. OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default). -c creates home directories for local home paths only. -b creates home directories for both server and local home paths. -a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain. -n directoryDomainName creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u username creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a, -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed. -i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line. -h usage help. FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly. Mac OS X June 1, 2019 Mac OS X
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