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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 @ho_wan_:

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Solutions by @ho_wan_:

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#33 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:44PM

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#>33 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:46PM

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#>33 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:54PM

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02/16/2020 at 10:40PM

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#>51 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:15PM

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#>51 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:34PM

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02/16/2020 at 10:04PM

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#>67 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 10:01PM

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#>88 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 09:52PM

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#>109 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 09:48PM

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#>119 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 09:33PM

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#>121 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 09:30PM

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#>140 - howanto / @ho_wan_

02/16/2020 at 09:26PM