pushd and popd are

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s that together allow the user to revert to a previous

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for directory paths. pushd pushes the working directory path onto the stack and changes to the specified directory, and popd pops the most recent item from the stack and changes directory to the popped value. Behavior varies if no argument is passed to pushd. On Unix, the command swaps the top two directories on the stack, which toggles between them. On Windows, the command lists the paths in the stack except for the current one. The commands are widely available as builtin commands in many shells, such as Bash,

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to provide a directory stack was Bill Joy's

. The syntax for pushing and popping directories is essentially the same as that used now.man tcsh

Examples

Unix-like

ser@server /usr/ports$ pushd /etc /etc /usr/ports ser@server /etc$ popd /usr/ports ser@server /usr/ports$

Command Prompt and ReactOS

C:\Users\root>pushd C:\Users C:\Users>popd C:\Users\root>

References

External links

pushd , Microsoft Docs

popd , Microsoft Docs
{{Windows commands Internal DOS commands Microcomputer software ReactOS commands Windows administration Computing commands

Examples

Unix-like

Command Prompt and ReactOS

See also

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