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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 @colega:

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150 active golfers, 849 entries

Solutions by @colega:

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#6 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 08:00PM

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#>22 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:57PM

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#>34 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:55PM

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#>42 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:47PM

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#>45 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:41PM

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#>47 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:33PM

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#>57 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:28PM

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#>60 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:24PM

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#>67 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:20PM

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#>69 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:09PM

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#>69 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 07:16PM

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#>77 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 04:03PM

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#>96 - Oleg / @colega

03/21/2020 at 03:48PM

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#>99 - Oleg / @colega

03/20/2020 at 09:37PM

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#>125 - Oleg / @colega

03/20/2020 at 09:21PM

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#>131 - Oleg / @colega

03/20/2020 at 08:59PM