$ cd ..
$ ls
$ cd ..
$ ls

"hmm yes.. everything seems to be in order"

cd ..
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In your rc:
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias ....='cd ../../..'

Usage:
1/2/3 $ ...
1 $

..... for zsh users

cd .. ls cd .. ls cd .. ls cd .. ls

Depending on where you are, maybe just "cd".

alias cd..='cd ..'
alias cd...='cd ../..'
alias cd....='cd ../../..
alias cd.....='cd ../../../..'

I alias .. to cd ..

Works for me 🤷🏻

for i in { 1..4 }; do cd ..; done

Try zoxide

I use a lot cd - (go to previous) or just cd to go home.

Or the alias I have set up

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i use fish shell with https://github.com/nickeb96/puffer-fish

basically when i type ... it expands to ../.. and adds another /.. for every additional dot i type

its similar to what the zsh users in the comment section are doing

cd ..

You forgot the pwd after each 'cd'.

cd ..... I use zsh btw

cd ..
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Me doing it the worst way > opening up dolphin(file explorer) navigating to the folder then opening terminal there.

alias ..='cd ..' #: up one directory
alias ...='cd ../..' #: up two directories

alias .4=cd ../../../..

cd .. && ls
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Tbf it is less key presses since you can generally just recall the last command.

~$ mkdir -p 1/2/3/4
~$ pushd 1
~/1 ~
1$ pushd 2/3/4
~/1/2/3/4 ~/1 ~
4$ popd
~/1 ~
1$

Easiest solution, use fish instead of bash! Default fish keybindings will allow you to just type . . or name a directory similar to how you could do with Zoxide.

Also, wait until you find about pushd and popd ;)

cd - helps

Wait until we tell them about autojump