On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:36:40 AM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-01-22 at 22:55 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I just discovered this. To cd back to the previous directory > > > > > > cd - > > > > > > What a time saver! > > > This has been around since before Linux was even thought of. IIRC it > goes back at least to the Unix System V shell and possibly earlier. Linux doesn't have any special handling of the parameter, and doesn't check to see what program you're trying to run. Please keep in mind that Linux is a kernel, not the userland. That said, this certainly is an old feature of most shells. -- John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Splentity https://splentity.com/
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