🎈 Up

A simple bash script that allows you to quickly move up a number of directories from the command line.

I copied and modified this really useful script from the original posted here.

🎬 Getting Started

To add the Up script to your terminal:

1. Edit your .bashrc file, the shell script that Bash runs whenever you start it:

   vim ~/.bashrc

   You can use another text editor like vi or atom or sublime.

2. Add the Up script to the file:

   {
      LIMIT=$1
      P=$PWD
   
      echo "Moving $LIMIT directories up from $P"
   
      for ((i=1; i <= LIMIT; i++))
      do
          P=$P/..
      done
      cd $P
    }
   

3. Write and save the changes using :wq.

4. Reload your bash file:

   source ~/.bashrc

   Alternatively, run the shortcut:

   . ~/.bashrc

You can now use the script to move up a number of directories from you current location.

💻 Using Up

To use the script, you can use up followed by N, the number of directories you want to move up:

up N

For example, if you are in /git/repository1/folder1/sub-folder1/sub-folder2/sub-folder3/ and you want to move up to the git directory, you can run:

up 5

Alternatively, you could move to folder1 using:

up 4