$dirstack  –  Directory Stack

$dirstack contains the elements of the directory stack. It does not contain the current working directory, in contrast to the dirs builtin command.

Links

• The Z Shell manual
• The Z shell manual on the dirs builtin
• The Z shell manual on directory stacks

Examples

Change working directory, print the directory stack, change back to the previous directory

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cd ~ pushd /usr/bin declare dirstack popd

Output:

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/usr/bin ~ dirstack=( /home/user ) ~ /home/user