some helpers to make directory traversal go easier....

aliases.zsh

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ alias .='pwd'
 alias ...='cd ../..'
 
 alias _='sudo'
+alias ss='sudo su -'
 
 #alias g='grep -in'
 
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ alias gba='git branch -a'
 alias history='fc -l 1'
 
 alias ls='ls -F'
-alias ll='ls -al'
+alias ll='ls -alr'
+alias l='ls'
+alias ll='ls -l'
+alias sl=ls # often screw this up
 
 alias sgem='sudo gem'
 

directories.zsh

+# Changing/making/removing directory
+
+
+alias ..='cd ..'
+alias cd..='cd ..'
+alias cd...='cd ../..'
+alias cd....='cd ../../..'
+alias cd.....='cd ../../../..'
+alias cd/='cd /'
+
+alias 1='cd -'
+alias 2='cd +2'
+alias 3='cd +3'
+alias 4='cd +4'
+alias 5='cd +5'
+alias 6='cd +6'
+alias 7='cd +7'
+alias 8='cd +8'
+alias 9='cd +9'
+
+cd () {
+  if   [[ "x$*" == "x..." ]]; then
+    cd ../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x...." ]]; then
+    cd ../../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x....." ]]; then
+    cd ../../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x......" ]]; then
+    cd ../../../..
+  else
+    builtin cd "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+alias md='mkdir -p'
+alias rd=rmdir
+
+alias d='dirs -v'
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