Pushd Popd and Dirs History?


 
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Old 03-09-2011
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Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Iennetastic, if you want us to help you, we need you to follow the exact instructions that we give to you.

Please do not describe the output to us. That is a waste of your time and our time. Cut and paste the actual input and output into your reply.

There have been 27 posts in this thread so far and I do not believe that we know any more about your problem now than after your first post. People are willing to help you but if you are unwilling to work with people in solving your problem, there is not much we can do to help you.

Hello everyone! Smilie Finally figured out the history command I've been asking you. Thank you for your help! I didn't know that I could just use the grep command Smilie
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