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How can I undo the last cd command?

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http://askubuntu.com – Is there any way to jump back to the previous working directory after doing a cd to a different directory? My use-case is that I'm traversing a directory structure for a Java project, and I'm expecting that the current directory has only one sub-directory. So, I type cd and hit Tab and Enter rather quickly. However, the Tab failed, as I mistakenly expected one sub-directory, when in fact there are more. So now, I just executed cd, and am now in my home directory, instead of the Java project. Is there a way to "undo" this cd and jump back to the directory I was in? (HowTos)

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Synopsis

cd [-L|-P] [DIRECTORY]

cd -

Description

The cd builtin command is used to change the current working directory

* to the given directory (cd DIRECTORY) * to the previous working directory (cd -) as saved in the OLDPWD shell variable * to the user's home directory as specified in the HOME environment variable (when used without a DIRECTORY argument)

Synopsis

cd [-L|-P] [DIRECTORY]

cd -

Description

The cd builtin command is used to change the current working directory

* to the given directory (cd DIRECTORY) * to the previous working directory (cd -) as saved in the OLDPWD shell variable * to the user's home directory as specified in the HOME environment variable (when used without a DIRECTORY argument)

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