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How to Change to the Previous Working Directory
If you’ve switched into another folder with the cd command, and then want to get back to the previous one, you don’t have to remember the whole path. Just use the following command:
cd -
This will switch back to the previous directory. For instance, if you were in /var/www/vhosts/default and then switched to /etc, you could simply use the cd – command to switch back.
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- Published 07/30/10
Doesn´t work in windows. Do you know a similar command?
thanks