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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 ../../../../..'

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#34 - yhetsugiHMC / @yhetsugi

02/19/2020 at 02:48AM

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#>56 - yhetsugiHMC / @yhetsugi

02/19/2020 at 02:17AM

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02/19/2020 at 02:03AM

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#>93 - yhetsugiHMC / @yhetsugi

02/19/2020 at 01:48AM

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#>127 - yhetsugiHMC / @yhetsugi

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#>150 - yhetsugiHMC / @yhetsugi

02/03/2020 at 01:00AM