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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 ..'

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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 @awareofnow:

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Solutions by @awareofnow:

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#41 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

03/06/2020 at 03:54AM

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#>47 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#>56 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#>58 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#>67 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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03/06/2020 at 02:48AM

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#>88 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#>96 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#>121 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

03/06/2020 at 02:13AM