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Re: Is the ~ really superfluous in a cd ~- type command?

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From: zzapper <zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Is the ~ really superfluous in a cd ~- type command?
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:06:09 +0000
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On 16/03/2022 15:51, Mikael Magnusson wrote:

On 3/16/22, zzapper <zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi

cd - or cd ~-

cd -1 or cd ~-1

seem to do the same thing

Yes, cd handles -num itself, but for other commands you need the expansion.

ahh! yes with cd -num you can cd successfully but you DON'T get tabexpansion


So there's a great benefit to using tilda

cd ~4<tab>

cd /aaa/<tab>

cd aaa/sub etc


# if you want a quirk

~ on its own takes you to your home directory If you've got 'setopt autocd'

zzapper

References:
- Is the ~ really superfluous in a cd ~- type command?
  - From: zzapper
- Re: Is the ~ really superfluous in a cd ~- type command?
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

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