This commands create an alias for you to help you navigating in the shell easier.

alias rope='if [[ "$i" == "0" ]]; then cd $dir; i=1; else dir=$(pwd); export dir; i=0; fi'
This command is named "rope" since it ties a rope in the directory you are in... so when you go to other directories you can type "rope" again and you will get back to tied directory... it helps a lot when you forget to execute a command in other directories, so you can go, do what you want, and return to the directory to complete what you now want to do. NOTE: add this command to the end of ".bashrc" file found in your home directory and the alias will be permanent

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By: Stricker777
2018-01-14 03:19:06
alias cd export
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Why not use pushd/popd? Say you are in ~/repos/upstream/kubernetes, pushd ~/backups/data/xyz This stores the current directory to a stack before changing into the new directory specified. Once you're done and want to get back to where you were before you called pushd, just run: popd
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