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How do I change directory to a path containing spaces in cmder on Windows 10?
I am working with both Docker Quickstart Terminal (Bash) and Cmder on Windows10.
On Bash, to change directory to a path where some folder contains spaces, I usually do:
cd "D:\my files\etc\etc&...
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How do you get bash to cd to your previous session directory on login?
I would like to on ssh login, change directory to my previous one. (I'm the only user on my machine).
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How to change into a directory with a space in its name
I have this directory in CS50 IDE called "cs50 web" and want to cd into it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how...
~/ $ cd cs50 web
bash: cd: too many arguments
~/ $ cd cs50-web
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Newbie trying to use sources
I am trying to have a simple file which changes the directory where the user currently is. If I run the file using . ./Genesis then the source files works fine. But I want to just use ./Genesis and ...
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On Git Bash, I get an error `cat: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory` whenever I run the cd command
I've been trying to find out by this problem is happening, I'm using Windows 10 and this error occurs on Git Bash.
Whenever I run the cd command to change the directory, I get the following error:
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Why does `cd /../` not return an error in bash? [duplicate]
In bash (or, I'm assuming, any linux shell), I would expect cd /../ to return an error. I interpret that to be asking for the parent of the root of the directory tree. Since it's the root of the ...
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Basic bash if statement with hg fails
I'm running Cygwin. I came across the following snippet of Bash code from the FFmpeg Wiki's guide to compiling FFmpeg:
cd /ffmpeg_sources && if cd x265 2> /dev/null; then hg pull &&...
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Bash cd to a directory by just entering its name
Is there a way to get bash to cd to a directory by default if I just enter the directory name?
Right now what I get is:
~ bemmu$ some_directory/
-bash: some_directory/: is a directory
What I want ...
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Mac OSX Terminal ls, cd & ditto command return odd results
My MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) running OS X El Capitan has some weird thing going on with terminal and more specifically when I run the ls, cd or ditto commands.
I have my disk ...
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bash change directory with "shortcuts"
On my windows computer I use JPSofts "Take Command" a.k.a. TCMD as command.com or shell replacement.
One tcmd feature I really miss when working with bash on Linux/Os X, is the extended directory ...
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Go to directory of a file path
Is there a way a cd command may accept a regular file path
and jump to the dir where the file resides?
Image you could do:
vim /usr/share/drupal7/sites/all/modules/legacy/legacy.module
cd <alt>...
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Good way to bookmark/navigate relative directory paths?
I work on a linux system with bash 4.x where I frequently find myself navigating different copies of very deep (and large) file directory structures. However, in reality I only need to access a ...
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cd into first/second/third directory returned by ls -d */
Say I am in a directory code:
/code
/very-long-and-descriptive-name
If I want to cd into that directory (or a directory if it comes first in alphabetical order), I can just cd *.
Now say I add ...
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How to cd to a newly created dir?
cd "$(mkdir -v "$(date -R)"|sed s+.`(.*)'.*)"
This is meant to create a dir named $(date -R). I could simply cd $(date -R), but the culprit is the date could change since the previous command was run ...
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Is there a directory history for bash?
Is there something like bash's reverse-search-history (Ctrl-R), but for only directories?
I have some deep folder hierarchies that I want to jump to, so I'd like to use something like reverse-search-...
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