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Aliases for cd

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

Start file

alias c.='cd ..'

End file

alias c.='cd ..'
alias c..='cd ../..'
alias c...='cd ../../..'
alias c....='cd ../../../..'
alias c.....='cd ../../../../..'

alias c1='cd ..'
alias c2='cd ../..'
alias c3='cd ../../..'
alias c4='cd ../../../..'
alias c5='cd ../../../../..'

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> alias c..='cd ../..'
> alias c...='cd ../../..'
> alias c....='cd ../../../..'
> alias c.....='cd ../../../../..'
> 
> alias c1='cd ..'
> alias c2='cd ../..'
> alias c3='cd ../../..'
> alias c4='cd ../../../..'
> alias c5='cd ../../../../..'

Solutions by @nak38223985244:

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Solutions by @nak38223985244:

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#19 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/29/2023 at 02:03PM

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12/29/2023 at 01:59PM

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#>47 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/29/2023 at 01:55PM

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#>49 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/29/2023 at 01:45PM

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#>51 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/28/2023 at 12:52PM

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#>53 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/27/2023 at 12:02PM

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#>64 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/27/2023 at 11:59AM

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#>68 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/27/2023 at 11:43AM

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#>70 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/25/2023 at 11:58AM

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#>77 - naka / @nak38223985244

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#>89 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/23/2023 at 07:01AM

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#>96 - naka / @nak38223985244

12/21/2023 at 12:32PM