How do you get bash to cd to your previous session directory on login?

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I would like to on ssh login, change directory to my previous one. (I'm the only user on my machine).

Scott · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-27 22:36:19Z

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This is what I did.

# in .bash_logout
pwd > ~/.last_dir

# in .bashrc
cd "$(cat ~/.last_dir)"

Scott

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answered Nov 27 '20 at 22:01

Quang

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In Bash you can do this without cat: cd "$(< ~/.last_dir)" – Kamil Maciorowski Nov 27 '20 at 22:47

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