Comments on: Shell tip: change to a directory having very long name

Comments on: Shell tip: change to a directory having very long name http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vivekhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html#comment-140136 vivek Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:09:08 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html#comment-140136 MickZA, Good example. Appreciate your post! MickZA,

Good example.

Appreciate your post!

]]> By: MickZAhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html#comment-140135 MickZA Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:39:16 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-bash-shell-change-long-directory-name.html#comment-140135 I recommend appending the last letter as well: $ cd A_VERY_VERY*C Better example: $ cd /usr/lib/fire*10/plugins or for total brevity: $ cd /us*/li*/fir*10/pl* gets you to same place namely /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.10/plugins I recommend appending the last letter as well:

$ cd A_VERY_VERY*C

Better example:

$ cd /usr/lib/fire*10/plugins

or for total brevity:

$ cd /us*/li*/fir*10/pl* gets you to same place

namely /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.10/plugins

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