The latest articles on Forem by Kai Timmer (@ofcourseican). https://forem.com/ofcourseican https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F273461%2F18bafa7b-e993-49ad-812a-fde575cfb496.jpeg https://forem.com/ofcourseican en Kai Timmer Tue, 19 Nov 2019 07:35:30 +0000 https://forem.com/ofcourseican/the-single-most-timesaving-bash-shortcut-943 https://forem.com/ofcourseican/the-single-most-timesaving-bash-shortcut-943 <p>It is a bit of embarrassing but I spent 10 years in my field without knowing the </p> <p><code>cd -</code>,<code>git checkout/merge -</code></p> <p>shortcut.</p> <p>The <code>-</code>references the last folder/branch you accessed. So this is a thing:<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$ pwd /Users/kait/Downloads $ cd test $ pwd /Users/kait/Downloads/test $ cd - $ pwd /Users/kait/Downloads </code></pre></div> <p>Probably the biggest revelation I ever had once a colleague of mine told me.</p> linux bash