Directory navigation in IPython

A reference table of commands to use when navigating directories in IPython.

pwd display the present working directory
ls list the contents of the present working
directory
cd /tmp move to the /tmp
directory
cd .. move up one directory
cd - move to the last directory visited
bookmark mydir save the current directory as mydir
bookmark mydir ../python bookmarks the directory "c">../python (up one directory, then down into python) as mydir
cd mydir change to the directory saved in the bookmark mydir
dhist view a history of the directories you’ve been
to
cd -2 change to the directory listed in position 2 in the directory history
pushd /usr/lib push /usr/lib onto the directory stack
dirs show directories in the directory stack

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