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dirs — Display or manipulate the directory stack. The directory stack is a list of recently visited directo

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Problem

How to use the dirs command: Display or manipulate the directory stack. The directory stack is a list of recently visited directories that can be manipulated with the pushd and popd commands. See also: pushd, popd. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Directory-Stack-Builtins>.

Solution

dirs — Display or manipulate the directory stack. The directory stack is a list of recently visited directories that can be manipulated with the pushd and popd commands. See also: pushd, popd. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Directory-Stack-Builtins>.

Display the directory stack with a space between each entry:

dirs

Display the directory stack with one entry per line:

dirs -p

Display a numbered list of entries in the directory stack:

dirs -v

Display the directory stack without the tilde-prefix (~):

dirs -l

Display only the nth entry in the directory stack, starting at 0 (Bash only):

dirs +{{n}}

Display only the nth entry in the directory stack from the last, starting at 0 (Bash only):

dirs -{{n}}

Clear the directory stack:

dirs -c

Code Snippets

Display the directory stack with a space between each entry

dirs

Display the directory stack with one entry per line

dirs -p

Display a numbered list of entries in the directory stack

dirs -v

Display the directory stack without the tilde-prefix (`~`)

dirs -l

Display only the `n`th entry in the directory stack, starting at 0 (Bash only)

dirs +{{n}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dirs

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