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Aliases for cd

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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 @speiszc:

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Solutions by @speiszc:
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#24 - speisz / @speiszc

08/31/2020 at 12:38PM

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08/31/2020 at 12:14PM

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08/30/2020 at 10:01PM

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08/30/2020 at 09:57PM

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08/30/2020 at 09:53PM

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08/30/2020 at 09:47PM

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08/30/2020 at 09:45PM

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08/30/2020 at 09:42PM

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08/31/2020 at 12:37PM

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08/30/2020 at 07:42PM

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06/30/2020 at 10:08PM

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08/29/2020 at 10:05PM