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j0h
Asked: 2015-09-13 18:36:19 +0800 CST

Is there a previous-directory variable?

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The environmental variable in $PWD has the current working directory. Is there a variable that contains the previous directory? If there is not, how might one be created?

I think this could be useful.

bash

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    Yes, there is. man bash will lead you to 

       OLDPWD The previous working directory as set by the cd command.
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