Working on the command line efficiently means to jump between directories as fast as possible.

Along with using plugins such as autojump, pushd and popd etc, I also use some custom aliases that I have created over time which help me be more efficient.

One such alias that I use is

cd.. nwhere n represents the number of directory levels you want to move up

The script is very crisp and elegant

function cd_up() {
  cd $(printf "%0.s../" $(seq 1 $1 ));
}
alias 'cd..'='cd_up'

script credits : grigory-k

Add this function to ~/.bashrc to be able to use the alias anywhere.

Usage:

Let us assume my current working directory is ~/interleap/Desktop/work/projects/userclient

~/interleap/Desktop/work/projects/userclient$ cd.. 2
~/interleap/Desktop/work$ cd.. 3
~

Script breakdown

In this article, we will be exploring the journey of how a piece of code translates to cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

To get an overview of Terraform you can read this article. Let’s get started.

Here is a basic terraform code snippet

provider “aws” {
  version = “~> 3.0”
  region = “us-east-1”
}resource “aws_instance” “backend” {
  ami = “ami-0947d2ba12ee1ff75”
  instance_type = “t2.micro”
  tags = {
    Name = “terraform-server”
  }
}

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These things might include:

1. Generating a report every day
2. Sending an email
3. Or some scheduled actions

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