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 === Tips and Tricks === === Tips and Tricks ===
  
-If you don't know what the parent folder'​s name is, but you do know the child folder'​s name is, you can use ''​cd */foo/** to get there.+If you don't know what the parent folder'​s name is, but you do know the child folder'​s name is, you can use ''​cd */foo'' ​to get there.
  
 Examples: I'm in a ports system (OpenBSD, Gentoo, etc), and I know I'm looking for package name mplayer, but I don't know what category it's in: Examples: I'm in a ports system (OpenBSD, Gentoo, etc), and I know I'm looking for package name mplayer, but I don't know what category it's in:
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 cd */mplayer/ cd */mplayer/
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 +If two of the same child directories exist in more than one of the parent folders, then ''​cd''​ will go into the first one it finds.