On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 03:58:09AM -0800, 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.
It is a feature of bash, zsh, ksh, ...
It has nothing to do with UNIX or Linux.
jon
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