Preserve your fingers from cd ..; cd ..; cd..; cd..; 

upup(){ DEEP=$1; [ -z "${DEEP}" ] && { DEEP=1; }; for i in $(seq 1 ${DEEP}); do cd ../; done; }

June 9, 2015 — andreaganduglia

Explanation

Include this function in your .bashrc and on the following line alias up='upup'

Now you are able to go back in your path simply with up N. So, for example:

Z:~$ cd /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/dynamic/
Z:/var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/dynamic$ up 2
Z:/var/lib/apache2$ up 3 
Z:/$
directory-navigation path-manipulation
for cd seq

Alternative one-liners

Preserve your fingers from cd ..; cd ..; cd..; cd..; 

up(){ DEEP=$1; for i in $(seq 1 ${DEEP:-"1"}); do cd ../; done; }

June 28, 2017 — alireza6677