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# List The Stack Of Remembered Directories # List The Stack Of Remembered Directories
When you open a new Unix shell, you start in some directory, probably your When you open a new Unix shell, you start in some directory, probably your
home (`~/`) directory. As you `cd` around to different directories, there is home (`~/`) directory. If you use `pushd` to navigate to different
a paper trail of your movements, a listing of where you've been. You can directories, there is a paper trail of your movements, a listing of where
view this listing of directories with the `dirs` command. you've been. You can view this listing of directories with the `dirs`
command.
``` ```
$ dirs $ dirs
~/ ~/
$ cd code $ pushd code
$ dirs $ dirs
~/code ~/ ~/code ~/
$ cd /usr/bin $ pushd /usr/bin
$ dirs $ dirs
/usr/bin ~/code ~/ /usr/bin ~/code ~/
``` ```
Each time you `cd`, the directory you have moved to is pushed onto the stack of Each time you `pushd`, the directory you have moved to is pushed onto the stack of
visited directories. Alternatively, you can use the `popd` command to return visited directories. Alternatively, you can use the `popd` command to return
to the previous directory, removing the current directory from the stack. to the previous directory, removing the current directory from the stack.