Go to parent directory

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cd ..

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Show the absolute path of the current directory.

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Change to the current user's home directory.

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Switch back to the last directory you were in.

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Display directories stored by pushd/popd.

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Show detailed directory contents with human-readable sizes.

Create a directory path including missing parents.