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`PWDHIST` (json)

History of each change to the sessions working directory

Description

PWDHIST is a JSON array containing the history of all the working directories within the current shell session.

It is updated via cd however you can overwrite its value manually via set.

Examples

» cd ~bob
» cd /tmp
» $PWDHIST
[
    "/Users/bob",
    "/private/tmp"
]

See Also

Change Directory: cd: Change (working) directory
Define Variable: set: Define a variable (typically local) and set it’s value
Modules And Packages: Modules and packages: An Introduction
Pipeline: Overview of what a “pipeline” is
Reserved Variables: Special variables reserved by Murex
Variable And Config Scoping: How scoping works within Murex
@Array Sigil: Expand values as an array
OLDPWD (path): Return the home directory for the current session user
PWD (path): Current working directory
json: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
path: Structured object for working with file and directory paths

This document was generated from gen/variables/PWDHIST_doc.yaml.

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