Re: tip: cd previous directory

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On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:58:09 AM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> On 1/23/19 3:25 AM, John Harris wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:36:06 AM EST ToddAndMargo via users
> > wrote:
> 
> >> On 1/22/19 11:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 1/23/19 3:12 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> You don't understand what I said.  I meant "previous" directory,
> >>>> not directory before the current direcorty.  Here is an example:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> And here is the man page snippet...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -   is  converted  to  $OLDPWD  before  the  directory  change  is
> >>> attempted.
> >>> 
> >   
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have been using unix and then linux for untold years
> >> and I just discovered this.  :-[
> > 
> > 
> > It also has nothing to do with Linux. ☺
> 
> 
> cd, which is part of Bash, runs inside Linux, so I am not
> sure what point you are trying to make.

Linux is just a kernel. `bash` is a program, part of the GNU Operating System, 
that can be built to run on any kernel. Bash even runs on Windows. ☺

-- 
John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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