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defines a function to move up X number of directories in bash
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| updir(){ | |
| if [ $# -gt 0 ];then | |
| path="" | |
| for (( i=1; i<=$1; i++ )); do | |
| path=$path"../" | |
| done | |
| cd $path | |
| else | |
| cd ../ | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| alias up='updir' |
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$ up
will move up one directory
$ up 2
will move up two directories