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		cema on Aug 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands `$ pushd . $ cd /` Why not just `$ pushd /` ? Also, it's not linux-specific, but bash-specific.

jodrellblank on Aug 10, 2011 | [–]

It's not Linux or Bash specific, pushd and popd work on Windows too, and work on network shares, e.g.

  c:\> pushd \\server\share
  z:\>

amethyst on Aug 10, 2011 | | [–]

It's still provided by your shell, not the OS. Windows' cmd.exe just happens to provide pushd/popd, same as bash, zshell, etc.

user24 on Aug 10, 2011 | [–]

     $ pushd /

oh, neat. Thanks.

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