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Old 03-07-2011
Pushd Popd and Dirs History?
Hello everyone, finally made these commands working, but I don't know how ti implement the history command for this utility? Anyone? Please please
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Old 03-07-2011
What do you mean by "implement the history command"? What exactly have you done and what exactly are you trying to do now?
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Old 03-07-2011
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Originally Posted by Corona688
What do you mean by "implement the history command"? What exactly have you done and what exactly are you trying to do now?
Hello thank you for your reply. I want to keep track on my change of directories. Or just prints the directories you've been through Smilie
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Old 03-07-2011
Are you after something similar to the dirs internal command of bash?

Code:
$ pushd /usr/local/bin
$ pushd /etc
$ dirs
/etc /usr/local/bin ~

If you do the same a bash and store the stack in the array DIRSTACK it should be as simple as:

Code:
alias dirs='echo "${DIRSTACK[@]}"'

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Old 03-07-2011
Of course, it would help if you told us what shell you are using. Our crystal balls are not working at present.
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Old 03-07-2011
I'm using bash Smilie By the way . . .

The dirs doesn't work Smilie
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Old 03-07-2011
What error message are you getting?

What is the output of:
Code:
$ pushd /usr/local/bin
$ pushd /etc
$ dirs
$ echo $DIRSTACK
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