Any Bash features you'd like to see?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 13 May 2005, Scott Allen wrote:

> On Thu May 12,2005 02:22:58 PM William Park wrote:
>>  2.  To go back even more, search the history buffer for 'cd '.  In
>>      vi-mode command-line, it is
>>   /cd
>
> This doesn't work if various commands are used to change directories in 
> addition to cd, such as pushd, popd, aliases, custom commands. I still think 
> a separate directory history, like what pushd/popd keeps, but with random 
> access, would be nice.

    You already have random access with popd:

popd: popd [+N | -N] [-n]
     Removes entries from the directory stack.  With no arguments,
     removes the top directory from the stack, and cd's to the new
     top directory.

     +N  removes the Nth entry counting from the left of the list
         shown by `dirs', starting with zero.  For example: `popd +0'
         removes the first directory, `popd +1' the second.

     -N  removes the Nth entry counting from the right of the list
         shown by `dirs', starting with zero.  For example: `popd -0'
         removes the last directory, `popd -1' the next to last.

     -n  suppress the normal change of directory when removing directories
         from the stack, so only the stack is manipulated.

     You can see the directory stack with the `dirs' command

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