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Just realized I can just use "..." to go back two directories! Is this a zsh feature? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by catastrophicblues to c/[email protected]

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I accidentally discovered that both "cd ..." and "..." work, and moreover, I can add more dots to go back further! I'm using zsh on iTerm2 on macOS. I'm pretty sure this isn't a cd feature. Is this specific to zsh or iTerm2? Are there other cool features I just never knew existed??

I'm so excited about an extra dot right now.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And - to go back to where you came from.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This is my favorite cd feature by a large margin.

[–] catastrophicblues 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait what??? That’s amazing! I’m learning so much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One more, install and enable fzf in your .zshrc.

It makes ctrl+R (reverse history search) a lot better and cooler

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Without cd in front?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

in zsh just the - is enough for me though it might be a feature of oh-my-zsh config