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Git tip: switch to previous branch
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Which follows the similar functionality used by the
cd -
command to switch to the previous directory you were in. Very handy!You can do what 👀
There's more! Well, it's more a bash thing than a cd thing.. in bash the variable
$_
refers to the last argument to the previous command. So you can do the following:It's handy for a whole host of things, like piping/touching then opening a file, chown then chmod, etc.
On many terminal emulators you can also use Alt-. to search through your history of previous arguments, so
mkdir foo
followed bycd [Alt-.]
will populate your command line withcd foo
for example. If you have some other command in between you can just hit Alt-. repeatedlyOr ESC followed by "." Repeating it works too.
You are an absolute king. Never again will I cp a file to a far off land, and then retype the entire path a second time to open it. Thank you!
That's incredible, I never knew that. Thank you!
This is amazing ♥️
There's also
pushd
andpopd
so that you canpushd
into one directory, move around as much as you want and then go back to before thepushd
withpopd
… how have I not ever come across that before?!
This thread has been invaluable for me lol