Shell Aliases For Easy Directory Navigation #OneDevMinute

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Ever had that typo where you wrote cd.. instead of cd .. — well this tip not only addresses that typo but also adds a couple other aliases to help you easily navigate through your systems directories. More in the video…

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# Easier directory navigation.
alias ~="cd ~"
alias .="cd .."
alias ..="cd ../.."
alias ...="cd ../../.."
alias ....="cd ../../../.."
alias cd..="cd .." # Typo addressed.

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Copy paste these aliases at the end of your .zshrc/.bashrc files and then reload/restart your shell/terminal application.

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Comments

[Sean Henderson]

cd without any arguments will default to ~

[Ahmad Awais ⚡️]

Didn't know that.

[Azez Nassar]

Here are some of the aliases I'm using, hopefully someone might find one useful.

# Shortcuts
alias db="cd ~/Documents/Dropbox"
alias dl="cd ~/Downloads"
alias dt="cd ~/Desktop"
alias p="cd ~/Projects"
alias g="git"

# List all files colorized in long format
alias l="ls -lF -G"

# List all files colorized in long format, including dot files
alias la="ls -laF -G"

# List only directories
alias lsd="ls -lF -G | grep --color=never '^d'"

# Always use color output for `ls`
alias ls="command ls -G"

# Always enable colored `grep` output
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'

[Shailendra Gupta]

alias -="cd -"
To go last working directory

[Ahmad Awais ⚡️]

Yes. That's what my last tip was ⬇️

#OneDevMinute: Go back to the Previous Directory

Ahmad Awais ⚡️

#onedevminute#devtip#bash#zsh

[Darryl Norris]

I never thought about the adding the typo as an alias, very neat idea.

alias cd..="cd .." # Typo addressed.

[Fabio Perrella]

You can use autojump to change folders faster

[Ahmad Awais ⚡️]

There's also z and j packages which are pretty cool.