[Chapter 14] 14.7 Nice Aliases for pushd
Author: Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly & Mike Loukides
Date: 1998-08-04T21:37:04Z

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## 14.7 Nice Aliases for pushd

The pushd command (14.6) is nice for jumping around the filesystem. But some of the commands you might type a lot, like pushd +4, are sort of a pain to type. I saw these aliases (10.2) in Daniel Gilly's setup file. They looked so handy that I decided to steal them for this book. There are C shell versions in the first column and bash in the second:

>     alias pd pushd                 alias pd=pushd
>     alias pd2 'pushd +2'           alias pd2='pushd +2'
>     alias pd3 'pushd +3'           alias pd3='pushd +3'
>     alias pd4 'pushd +4'           alias pd4='pushd +4'

So, for example, to swap the fourth directory on the stack, just type `pd4`.

- JP

14.6 The Shells' pushd and popd Commands |  | 14.8 Quick cds with Aliases