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Advanced Examples: pushd and popd

 

Task 4-8

 

The functions pushd and popd implement a stack of directories that enable you to move
to another directory temporarily and have the shell remember where you were. Imple-
ment them as shell functions.

 

pushd ( )
{
dirname=$1
DIR_STACK="$dirname ${DIR_STACK:-$PWD' '}"
cd ${dirname:?"missing directory name."}
echo "$DIR_STACK"
}
popd ( )
{
DIR_STACK=${DIR_STACK#* }
cd ${DIR_STACK%% *}
echo "$PWD"
}