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quoted 'cd "$OLDPWD"' since causes the error: bash: cd: too many arguments in paths with spaces.

edited Oct 16, 2020 at 17:40

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd "$OLDPWD"

cd $OLDPWD causes the error: bash: cd: too many arguments in paths with spaces.

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd "$OLDPWD"

cd $OLDPWD causes the error: bash: cd: too many arguments in paths with spaces.

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd "$OLDPWD"

Answer correction.

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd $OLDPWD"$OLDPWD"

cd $OLDPWD causes the error: bash: cd: too many arguments in paths with spaces.

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd $OLDPWD

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd "$OLDPWD"

cd $OLDPWD causes the error: bash: cd: too many arguments in paths with spaces.

answered Jun 30, 2013 at 15:58

You can use

cd -

or you could use

cd $OLDPWD

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