I’ve just started my Linux journey earlier this year. As a goal to learn how to self-host applications and services that will allow me to take back some control of my data. Immich instead of Google Photos, for example.
I have a local server running Unraid and 22 docker containers now. And then a VPS (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) running two apps. I’ve learned a ton but one thing I can’t seem to wrap my brain around is navigation through the file structure using only terminal. My crutch has been to open a SFTP session in Cyberduck to the same device I’m SSH’d to and try to figure things out that way. I know enough to change directories, make directories, using Tree to show the file structure at different levels of depth. But I feel like I’m missing some efficient way to find my way to files and folders I need to get to. Or are y’all just memorizing it and know where everything is by now?
I come from a Windows background and even then I sometimes catch myself checking via explorer where a directory is instead of using CMD or PowerShell to find it.
I’d love to hear any tips or tricks!
Why use a separate command when “cd -“ works just fine to take you to the previous directory
cd a cd b cd c popd popd // you're now in "a"cd a cd b cd c cd - cd - // you're now in "c" and need to manually cd to "a"You mean
cd a pushd b pushed c popd popdRight ?
Depending on your shell,
pushd/popdmight not be an option. For a similar functionality, I like to use a subshell which is portable across all shells:cd a $SHELL cd b cd c # do work here ^D # you're back in "a"Ah, I guess I have
auto_pushdenabled inzsh, so it just happens when Icd. TIL.Neat, thanks
Right, but what if the dir you want to return to was not the last one?
For example, you are working in two dirs and go into your home dir for something, now you can pop yourself back into your long ass hard to type working path.