# CD alias ..='cd ../' alias ...='cd ../../' alias ....='cd ../../../' alias .....='cd ../../../../' # Go up [n] directories function up() { local cdir="$(pwd)" if [[ "${1}" == "" ]]; then cdir="$(dirname "${cdir}")" elif ! [[ "${1}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then echo "Error: argument must be a number" elif ! [[ "${1}" -gt "0" ]]; then echo "Error: argument must be positive" else for i in {1..${1}}; do local ncdir="$(dirname "${cdir}")" if [[ "${cdir}" == "${ncdir}" ]]; then break else cdir="${ncdir}" fi done fi cd "${cdir}" }