Vim, Cygwin, MySQL & Zsh Tips » shell tips http://zzapper.co.uk Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 zsh wonderful use of dirs,popd,pushp, cd ~5 http://zzapper.co.uk/zsh-wonderful-use-of-dirspopdpushp-cd-5/ http://zzapper.co.uk/zsh-wonderful-use-of-dirspopdpushp-cd-5/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:36:50 +0000 admin http://zzapper.co.uk/?p=82 I’ve never got the hang of popd & pushd they seemed a bit pointless. zsh however has extended their abilities eg:-

> dirs -v    # number and list your recent directories one per line

> cd ~5     # cd to directory 5 in the directory stack

> cd -<tab>    # the tab complete lists the directory stack then type a digit to select the one you require (saves you having to do a dirs -v in the first place

I have to work in very complicated directory structures so this will be fantastically useful.

#don’t forget the zsh cd substitute command

> cd olddir newdir

eg you are in

/inetpub/wwwroot/www.livesite.co.uk/products/

> cd live test

/inetpub/wwwroot/www.testsite.co.uk/products/

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