fish-shell/doc_src/prevd.txt
Kurtis Rader 9d2b53450a limit size of cd history to 25 directories
The existing implementation grows the $dirprev array without bounds. Besides
causing what would appear to be a memory leak it also makes the nextd and
prevd commands more expensive than they need to be. It also makes it harder to
create a useful "menu" cd command.

In addition to implementing a reasonable limit on the size of the $dirprev
array I've reformatted the code using fish_indent.

Update the documentation to include mentions of the $dirprev and $dirnext
variables as well as the limit on how much directory history is kept.

Fixes 2836
2016-03-23 13:36:00 -07:00

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\section prevd prevd - move backward through directory history
\subsection prevd-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
prevd [ -l | --list ] [POS]
\endfish
\subsection prevd-description Description
`prevd` moves backwards `POS` positions in the history of visited directories; if the beginning of the history has been hit, a warning is printed.
If the `-l` or `--list` flag is specified, the current history is also displayed.
Note that the `cd` command limits directory history to the 25 most recently visited directories. The history is stored in the `$dirprev` and `$dirnext` variables which this command manipulates.
\subsection prevd-example Example
\fish
cd /usr/src
# Working directory is now /usr/src
cd /usr/src/fish-shell
# Working directory is now /usr/src/fish-shell
prevd
# Working directory is now /usr/src
nextd
# Working directory is now /usr/src/fish-shell
\endfish