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Aliases for cd

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

Start file

alias c.='cd ..'

End file

alias c.='cd ..'
alias c..='cd ../..'
alias c...='cd ../../..'
alias c....='cd ../../../..'
alias c.....='cd ../../../../..'

alias c1='cd ..'
alias c2='cd ../..'
alias c3='cd ../../..'
alias c4='cd ../../../..'
alias c5='cd ../../../../..'

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> alias c..='cd ../..'
> alias c...='cd ../../..'
> alias c....='cd ../../../..'
> alias c.....='cd ../../../../..'
> 
> alias c1='cd ..'
> alias c2='cd ../..'
> alias c3='cd ../../..'
> alias c4='cd ../../../..'
> alias c5='cd ../../../../..'

Solutions by @Sakigw:

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150 active golfers, 849 entries

Solutions by @Sakigw:

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#20 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

02/18/2020 at 08:36AM

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#>31 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

02/13/2020 at 10:56AM

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#>31 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

02/14/2020 at 10:50AM

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#>33 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

02/18/2020 at 08:13AM

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#>36 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 10:52AM

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#>37 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/31/2020 at 11:53AM

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#>44 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 10:23AM

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#>44 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 10:47AM

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#>45 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 09:42AM

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#>45 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 09:51AM

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#>45 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/30/2020 at 10:45AM

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#>47 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/29/2020 at 10:46PM

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#>49 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/29/2020 at 05:16PM

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#>129 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

01/29/2020 at 03:16PM