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Is there a package I can download for Ubuntu that would allow me to type in,for example, cd [tab key] and then it would go through the recent cd commands I've typed in?

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Is the question only about cd? In that case I would recommend making aliases for pushd and popd. – A.H. Sep 19 '11 at 17:16

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If you type:

CTRL+r cd

Then scroll back through time by doing CTRL+r again and again...

then it should do what you want.

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Hey, thanks. Just what I needed. It would be better if you could just use tab, but I'm sure I could just code it myself while I'm playing around with the linux source code anyways. Thanks again. – JoeShmoe Sep 19 '11 at 17:20
Keep in mind that this does not apply to every possible shell. But this is possible on the default shell (bash). – Zoredache Sep 19 '11 at 20:08
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There isn't this option, but the most used Linux have a package called bash_completion that extends the TAB function.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/bash-completion

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