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How to create an folder path alias on ubuntu EC2 instance?


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ubuntu 18.04 on AWS



I followed an answer on stackoverflow to create a path alias:



nano ~/.bashrc

alias myfolder='/home/xxx/pms'


When I try to cd



cd myfolder


I get:




No such file or Directory




But if I use the path it works.



I am not sure what the issue here is.



TIA










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  • If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

    – Rafael Muynarsk
    yesterday
















2















ubuntu 18.04 on AWS



I followed an answer on stackoverflow to create a path alias:



nano ~/.bashrc

alias myfolder='/home/xxx/pms'


When I try to cd



cd myfolder


I get:




No such file or Directory




But if I use the path it works.



I am not sure what the issue here is.



TIA










share|improve this question






















  • If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

    – Rafael Muynarsk
    yesterday














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ubuntu 18.04 on AWS



I followed an answer on stackoverflow to create a path alias:



nano ~/.bashrc

alias myfolder='/home/xxx/pms'


When I try to cd



cd myfolder


I get:




No such file or Directory




But if I use the path it works.



I am not sure what the issue here is.



TIA










share|improve this question














ubuntu 18.04 on AWS



I followed an answer on stackoverflow to create a path alias:



nano ~/.bashrc

alias myfolder='/home/xxx/pms'


When I try to cd



cd myfolder


I get:




No such file or Directory




But if I use the path it works.



I am not sure what the issue here is.



TIA







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  • If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

    – Rafael Muynarsk
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  • If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

    – Rafael Muynarsk
    yesterday

















If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

– Rafael Muynarsk
yesterday






If you use alias "myfolder"="cd /home/xxx/pms" and source ~/.bashrc you'll be able to access your folder typing only myfolder on the terminal...

– Rafael Muynarsk
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What you're trying



You may be thinking of the term alias as defined and used in Mac OS.



For ubuntu the command alias does something totally different. The command you have used is for creating new commands so you don't have to remember a longer command, or a longer command you type so much it is quicker to type the alias. For example, if I don't want to keep typing this command to launch a program:



java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar



You could create an alias called bfg in my Unix profile (or ~/.bashrc as you have) like this:



alias bfg='java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar'



From now on I can use bfg every time I want to run the java program.



What you really need



In Ubuntu what you're looking for is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is created with the ln command on Ubuntu (and all other Unix varieties). See the following example.



In the below example you can see a folder that already exists called pms in my home folder.



Thus its absolute path is /home/ubuntu/pms.



ubuntu@server:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Mar 25 11:05 pms


Now I change to a mother directory where I want the link, what you are thinking of as an alias, and create the symbolic link with ln -s



ubuntu@server:~$ cd /tmp/
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/pms myfolder


Now I'm able to change directory to this alias as you understand it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp$ cd myfolder/
ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ pwd
/tmp/myfolder


To be clear, an alias is a completely different thing in Unix & Linux land. The symbolic link I have made can be seen by listing the /tmp directory where I created it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ cd /tmp
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ls -l
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Mar 25 11:06 myfolder -> /home/ubuntu/pms


The contents of the /tmp/myfolder are one and the same as /home/ubuntu/pms.






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  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

    – Sid
    yesterday











  • Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

    – lantrix
    15 hours ago










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What you're trying



You may be thinking of the term alias as defined and used in Mac OS.



For ubuntu the command alias does something totally different. The command you have used is for creating new commands so you don't have to remember a longer command, or a longer command you type so much it is quicker to type the alias. For example, if I don't want to keep typing this command to launch a program:



java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar



You could create an alias called bfg in my Unix profile (or ~/.bashrc as you have) like this:



alias bfg='java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar'



From now on I can use bfg every time I want to run the java program.



What you really need



In Ubuntu what you're looking for is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is created with the ln command on Ubuntu (and all other Unix varieties). See the following example.



In the below example you can see a folder that already exists called pms in my home folder.



Thus its absolute path is /home/ubuntu/pms.



ubuntu@server:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Mar 25 11:05 pms


Now I change to a mother directory where I want the link, what you are thinking of as an alias, and create the symbolic link with ln -s



ubuntu@server:~$ cd /tmp/
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/pms myfolder


Now I'm able to change directory to this alias as you understand it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp$ cd myfolder/
ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ pwd
/tmp/myfolder


To be clear, an alias is a completely different thing in Unix & Linux land. The symbolic link I have made can be seen by listing the /tmp directory where I created it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ cd /tmp
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ls -l
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Mar 25 11:06 myfolder -> /home/ubuntu/pms


The contents of the /tmp/myfolder are one and the same as /home/ubuntu/pms.






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  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

    – Sid
    yesterday











  • Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

    – lantrix
    15 hours ago















4














What you're trying



You may be thinking of the term alias as defined and used in Mac OS.



For ubuntu the command alias does something totally different. The command you have used is for creating new commands so you don't have to remember a longer command, or a longer command you type so much it is quicker to type the alias. For example, if I don't want to keep typing this command to launch a program:



java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar



You could create an alias called bfg in my Unix profile (or ~/.bashrc as you have) like this:



alias bfg='java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar'



From now on I can use bfg every time I want to run the java program.



What you really need



In Ubuntu what you're looking for is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is created with the ln command on Ubuntu (and all other Unix varieties). See the following example.



In the below example you can see a folder that already exists called pms in my home folder.



Thus its absolute path is /home/ubuntu/pms.



ubuntu@server:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Mar 25 11:05 pms


Now I change to a mother directory where I want the link, what you are thinking of as an alias, and create the symbolic link with ln -s



ubuntu@server:~$ cd /tmp/
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/pms myfolder


Now I'm able to change directory to this alias as you understand it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp$ cd myfolder/
ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ pwd
/tmp/myfolder


To be clear, an alias is a completely different thing in Unix & Linux land. The symbolic link I have made can be seen by listing the /tmp directory where I created it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ cd /tmp
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ls -l
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Mar 25 11:06 myfolder -> /home/ubuntu/pms


The contents of the /tmp/myfolder are one and the same as /home/ubuntu/pms.






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  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

    – Sid
    yesterday











  • Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

    – lantrix
    15 hours ago













4












4








4







What you're trying



You may be thinking of the term alias as defined and used in Mac OS.



For ubuntu the command alias does something totally different. The command you have used is for creating new commands so you don't have to remember a longer command, or a longer command you type so much it is quicker to type the alias. For example, if I don't want to keep typing this command to launch a program:



java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar



You could create an alias called bfg in my Unix profile (or ~/.bashrc as you have) like this:



alias bfg='java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar'



From now on I can use bfg every time I want to run the java program.



What you really need



In Ubuntu what you're looking for is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is created with the ln command on Ubuntu (and all other Unix varieties). See the following example.



In the below example you can see a folder that already exists called pms in my home folder.



Thus its absolute path is /home/ubuntu/pms.



ubuntu@server:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Mar 25 11:05 pms


Now I change to a mother directory where I want the link, what you are thinking of as an alias, and create the symbolic link with ln -s



ubuntu@server:~$ cd /tmp/
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/pms myfolder


Now I'm able to change directory to this alias as you understand it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp$ cd myfolder/
ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ pwd
/tmp/myfolder


To be clear, an alias is a completely different thing in Unix & Linux land. The symbolic link I have made can be seen by listing the /tmp directory where I created it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ cd /tmp
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ls -l
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Mar 25 11:06 myfolder -> /home/ubuntu/pms


The contents of the /tmp/myfolder are one and the same as /home/ubuntu/pms.






share|improve this answer










New contributor




lantrix is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.










What you're trying



You may be thinking of the term alias as defined and used in Mac OS.



For ubuntu the command alias does something totally different. The command you have used is for creating new commands so you don't have to remember a longer command, or a longer command you type so much it is quicker to type the alias. For example, if I don't want to keep typing this command to launch a program:



java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar



You could create an alias called bfg in my Unix profile (or ~/.bashrc as you have) like this:



alias bfg='java -jar /usr/local/bin/bfg-1.13.0.jar'



From now on I can use bfg every time I want to run the java program.



What you really need



In Ubuntu what you're looking for is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is created with the ln command on Ubuntu (and all other Unix varieties). See the following example.



In the below example you can see a folder that already exists called pms in my home folder.



Thus its absolute path is /home/ubuntu/pms.



ubuntu@server:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Mar 25 11:05 pms


Now I change to a mother directory where I want the link, what you are thinking of as an alias, and create the symbolic link with ln -s



ubuntu@server:~$ cd /tmp/
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/pms myfolder


Now I'm able to change directory to this alias as you understand it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp$ cd myfolder/
ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ pwd
/tmp/myfolder


To be clear, an alias is a completely different thing in Unix & Linux land. The symbolic link I have made can be seen by listing the /tmp directory where I created it.



ubuntu@server:/tmp/myfolder$ cd /tmp
ubuntu@server:/tmp$ ls -l
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Mar 25 11:06 myfolder -> /home/ubuntu/pms


The contents of the /tmp/myfolder are one and the same as /home/ubuntu/pms.







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  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

    – Sid
    yesterday











  • Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

    – lantrix
    15 hours ago

















  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

    – Sid
    yesterday











  • Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

    – lantrix
    15 hours ago
















Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

– Sid
yesterday





Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now when I make changes to certain files using the above link, the changes will carry through?

– Sid
yesterday













Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

– lantrix
15 hours ago





Yes. Files and folders seen and created in the symlinked folder (from the example) /tmp/myfolder and in the original /home/ubuntu/pms are actually the same files on the disk.

– lantrix
15 hours ago

















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