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?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-11 14:16:50Z

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`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]

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answered Nov 15, 2018 at 19:35

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mikeserv · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-22 09:37:52Z

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it could be in...

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

answered Dec 22, 2015 at 9:37

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oxnz · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-22 09:27:24Z

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