$nameddirs  –  Mapping of named directories to paths

$nameddirs maps names of named directories to the paths.

Links

• Z Shell manual

Examples

Use named directory

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nameddirs=([app_cache]=/var/lib/cache [app_home]=/usr/local/share) ls -la ~app_home # output depends on the current system

Output:

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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 25. Sep 11:05 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 11 20. Aug 2021 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 18. Sep 15:18 man -> ../man