http://scienceoss.com useful tidbits for using open source software in science Wed, 26 May 2010 03:34:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://scienceoss.com/directory-navigation-in-ipython/ http://scienceoss.com/directory-navigation-in-ipython/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:15:21 +0000 ryan http://scienceoss.com/?p=32 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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