Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands

Re:Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands by alexis-d on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @10:15AM (#2868270)

You can also use $CDPATH to jump easily between directories e.g. : Imagine you have this folder ~/dev/python/my_awesome_project

If you set CDPATH to '.:~/dev/python', you can easily jump to your project just by doing cd my_awesome_project, it doesn't matter where you actually are in your FS!

I use it heavily with cd -, you should give it a try!

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Re:Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands by technomancy on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @12:33PM (#2868994)

I really like $CDPATH, but there are tons of sloppy scripts out there that assume "cd $FOO" has no output and break when $CDPATH is set. Drives me nuts.

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