[~]$ pushd /tmp
/tmp ~
[/tmp]$ pushd /etc
/etc /tmp ~
[/etc]$ pushd /home/
/home /etc /tmp ~
[/home]$ pushd /usr/local/
/usr/local /home /etc /tmp ~
[/usr/local]$ dirs -v
0 /usr/local
1 /home
2 /etc
3 /tmp
4 ~
[/usr/local]$ cd ~3
[/tmp]$ pwd
/tmp
[/tmp]$ cd ~1
[/home]$ dirs -v
0 /home
1 /home
2 /etc
3 /tmp
4 ~
[/home]$ popd
/home /etc /tmp ~
[/home]$ popd
/etc /tmp ~
[/etc]$ dirs -c
[/etc]$ popd
bash: popd: directory stack empty