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

submitted 10 months ago by catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca to c/programming@beehaw.org

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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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[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 15 points 10 months ago

And - to go back to where you came from.

[-] beejjorgensen 7 points 10 months ago

This is my favorite cd feature by a large margin.

[-] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

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

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Without cd in front?

[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 4 points 10 months ago

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

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