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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 @somemeatjain:

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150 active golfers, 849 entries

Solutions by @somemeatjain:

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#29 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:32PM

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#>35 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:28PM

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#>44 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:26PM

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#>45 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:24PM

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#>47 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:23PM

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#>48 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:17PM

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#>51 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:15PM

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#>57 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:11PM

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#>59 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:09PM

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#>62 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:08PM

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#>62 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:06PM

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#>68 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 12:05PM

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#>75 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 11:58AM

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#>90 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 11:42AM

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#>115 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 11:33AM