Using pushd and popd to Manage a Stack of Directories

The pushd command

The pushd command, short for “push directory,” changes our current working directory and adds it to a directory stack or a list of directories. We can then view this stack or easily jump to an entry in the stack. Try it out. First, we navigate to our home directory.

$ cd

Now, use pushd to switch to the /var folder:

$ pushd /var