Bob Hilliard wrote: >"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes: > >> To go to the directory you were in last: >> cd ~- > > What is the purpose of the tilde in this command? In bash and >sh, at least, `cd -' is what I was taught, and it works fine. Do some >other shells require `cd ~-'? That is the Korn shell convention; I did not know that bash supported the simpler form.
-- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9