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Asked: 2026-05-11T12:57:51+00:00

I have a problem to manage long paths. How can I get quickly to

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I have a problem to manage long paths. How can I get quickly to paths like 

/Users/User/.../.../.../.../.../Dev/C/card.c

I tried an alias

alias cd C='cd /Users/User/.../.../.../.../.../Dev/C'

but I am unable to do aliases for two separate words. I have long lists of Bash aliases and paths in CDPATH, so I am hesitating to make them more. How can manage long paths?

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The user litb’s reply revealed some of my problems in the management. Things, such as ‘CTRL+R’, ‘!-3:1:2:4:x’ and ‘incremental search’, are hard for me. They probably help in navigating long directories and, in the sense, management.

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  1. Consider using symbolic links. I have a ~/work/ directory where I place symlinks to all my current projects.

    You may also use shell variables:

    c='/Users/User/.../.../.../.../.../Dev/C'

    Then:

    cd '$c'
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