How can I view the stack used by `pushd` and `popd`?

Question

I would like to use the recently accessed directories list for logging purposes.

Is the directory stack as used by pushd and popd stored somewhere, perhaps as a list of folders in a text file? If so, where?

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

8

`dirs`

is the shell builtin you're looking for, see the man page for bash's implementation:

Display the list of currently remembered directories.

Syntax

dirs [+N | -N] [-clpv]

edited Jun 11 '20 at 14:16

Community

answered Nov 15 '18 at 19:35

OJFord

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '15 at 09:37

2

it could be in...

printf %s\\n "${DIRSTACK[@]}" >this_text_file

answered Dec 22 '15 at 09:37

mikeserv

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '15 at 09:27

1

No, it's just in memory. the source code lies in bash-4.4/builtins/pushd.def: popd_builtin

answered Dec 22 '15 at 09:27

oxnz