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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 @quemeraisc:

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Solutions by @quemeraisc:

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#25 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 02:09PM

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11/25/2020 at 01:53PM

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11/25/2020 at 01:48PM

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#>45 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 01:35PM

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#>47 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 01:21PM

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#>57 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 11:20AM

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#>58 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 11:15AM

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#>66 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 11:08AM

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#>74 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 10:27AM

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#>86 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 10:12AM

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#>102 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/25/2020 at 09:51AM

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#>108 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/20/2020 at 03:25PM

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#>122 - quemeraisc / @quemeraisc

11/20/2020 at 03:08PM