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"cd nov dec" That's the cd shuffle!
Q. What's wrong with this command: cd april may A. Nothing, but it still looks weird The cd shuffle Have you ever used the cd shuffle? It lets you switch between an old directory and a new one when the two directory paths have only a single string different. It's like a single search and replace in your current path, and then cd to the new directory. Here's an extract from an article I've written ( Up and down the directory tree ) about that most basic of Unix commands, cd. The cd shuffle takes two parameters. The first is the string you want... [More]
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