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From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Using the directory stack like !-2:3 in csh
Message-ID: <14530@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 24 May 88 17:35:16 GMT
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   From: Bob Toxen <bob@cloud9.uucp>

   I haven't done this in hours!  Also, I highly recommend:
	   alias	popd	'popd \!*;set prompt="\! $cwd:t % "'
	   alias	pushd	'pushd \!*;set prompt="\! $cwd:t % "'
	   alias	d	dirs
	   alias	po	popd
	   alias	pu	pushd

Try: alias \< pushd; alias \> popd; alias \? dirs.

   Bob Toxen	{ucbvax!ihnp4,harvard,cloud9!es}!anvil!cavu!bob
   Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA
   Pilot to Copilot: What's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell	<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
	National Bureau of Standards
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	The opinions expressed are solely my own
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