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Replies for: I think popd pops off of the directory history stack, rather than the directory hierarchy itself; so if you do this: $ pushd /tmp $ pushd $ push...

 
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Ahmad Awais ⚡️ •

Makes a lot of sense. And I think typing 

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to go to prev dir is quite easy for me to remember. Wouldn't you agree? 🤔

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Valentin Baca •

correct, popd uses the pushd history; it does not use the directory hierarchy. Use cd .. for that.