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Re:Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing cd ../../.. by silvestrov on Sunday September 01, 2013 @11:52AM (#6310831) 

    alias ..='cd ..'
    alias ...='cd ../..'
    alias ....='cd ../../..'
    alias .....='cd ../../../..'
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Re:Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing cd ../../.. by jloughry on Sunday September 01, 2013 @01:54PM (#6311325)
I miss the feature of Novell Netware that used to let you type

  cd ...
to go up two levels, or analogously for as many dots as you needed. It was incredibly useful and fast. Thanks for the tip, and I'm using these aliases from now on.
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