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Old 04-12-2009
using dots to change directories

how would i go down a directory using the ../..
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Old 04-12-2009
You can only go up levels in a directory structure using '.' and '..'.

The reason is:
'.' == current working directory
'..' == directory above the current working directory
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Old 04-12-2009
Thanks. Is there any command I could use just to go down a directory?
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Old 04-12-2009
Only if you know that directory's name. What is it you are trying to do?
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Old 04-12-2009
I have 2 main directories i work with. I was just wondering if there was a shortcut to go down a directory.
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Old 04-12-2009
Not by using the 'dots', but you can alias something in your .$SHELLrc file.

Assuming csh: ($HOME/.cshrc)
Code:
alias dir1 cd $HOME/path/to/my/dir1
alias dir2 cd $HOME/path/to/my/dir2

Assuming bash: ($HOME/.bashrc)
Code:
alias dir1='cd $HOME/path/to/my/dir1'
alias dir2='cd $HOME/path/to/my/dir2'


Last edited by glen.barber; 04-12-2009 at 12:07 PM.. Reason: Forgot to include what the .$SHELLrc files were.
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Old 04-12-2009
say your two dir paths are
/home/user/dir1 and /home/user/dir2

#pwd
#/home/user/dir2
#cd ../ (this will take you to /home/user
#cd ../dir1 ( to go to dir1 )
 
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