Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage

Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by Aperocky on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:37PM (#26280686)

If one of your top commands is `cd ../..` you may like my alias/function `..`

    $ .. 2 # go back 2 directories, i.e. 'cd ../..'
    $ .. # 'cd ..'

https://github.com/Aperocky/unix-setup/blob/master/.bashrc#L...

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by WalterGR on Saturday February 27, 2021 @12:55AM (#26283002)

Going to my home dir is another frequent operation for me so I also have

  alias ~='pushd ~'

(Those are tildes but may look like dashes depending on your font and size...)

Not as fancy as some other aliases I see here but does the (basic) trick.

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by stevekemp on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:34AM (#26284176)

A raw "cd" with no arguments will take you back to your home-directory. Of course "~" is one less character to type, but on the off-chance you didn't know.

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by JNRowe on Saturday February 27, 2021 @09:19AM (#26284996)

As we're offering alternatives. Either `shopt autocd` in bash or `setopt auto_cd` in zsh, then ~ changes to home by simply being a path.

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by moehm on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:39PM (#26281551)

I use '..' for '$ cd ..' and '...' for '$ cd ../..'.

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by Aperocky on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:59PM (#26282452)

I like '$ .. 5' because after the number goes up the dots become very hard to count.

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Re:Show HN: Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage by moehm on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:24PM (#26286888)

Great idea, thanks!

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