Is there any way to save the path of the current directory from the current Gnome Terminal window?
I need this when I open another terminal and have to type cd
repeatedly again.
Press Ctrl+Shift+N in gnome-terminal for a new terminal window.
Press Ctrl+Shift+T in gnome-terminal for a new terminal tab.
Or right click in the terminal and chose New Terminal
or New Tab
The new terminal window or tab inherits the working directory from its parent terminal.
This works also with the Xfce terminal.
LXTerminal only inherits the working directory from its parent terminal on a new tab.
You can make an alias for the current working directory in ~/.bash_aliases
echo alias \'alias-name\'=\"cd "$(pwd)"\" >> ~/.bash_aliases
Now you can access that directory by running only the alias name on the terminal.
Example:
avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~/Desktop/rah$ echo alias \'go\'=\"cd "$(pwd)"\" >> ~/.bash_aliases
Then i run the below command on a new terminal,
avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~$ go
avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~/Desktop/rah$
To clear all the aliases,
echo "" > ~/.bash_aliases
If you want to open terminal for a current directory and don't want to use cd in terminal to move to current directory then
Install nautilus-open-terminal available in software centre.
you can right click in the current directory and you will find 'open in terminal' option.
You need to restart nautilus after installing to restart nautilus type in terminal
nautilus -q (it will quit the nautilus)
to start again
nautilus
GNOME wiki suggests sourcing vte.sh
from your ~/.bashrc
profile.
I.e. add this line to your ~/.barshrc
file:
. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
This way Ctrl+Shift+N in gnome-terminal will inherit current working directory.
There are many ways to simplyfy your task ie to save you from typing the CD thing again and again.
vi ~/.bashrc
Add the line mentioned below
alias goto='cd ~/path/to/yourdir'
Then
source ~/.bashrc
Now whenever you want to go to the directory just type goto on your terminal.
it.
Steps :
1. vi ~/.bashrc
2. write this
function lifesaver(){
cd "$1"
}
3. source ~/.bashrc
4. to move to a directory /home/userMusic, use
lifesaver /home/userMusic
https://askubuntu.com/a/207448/278183
Problem with it is that every time you need to go to the directory manually and then click open terminal.
Choose what suits you the best :-)
cd
directly. How is lifesaver.sh foo/
different from cd foo/
? The only difference is that it is longer to type. Oh, and you want cd "$@"
, not $0
, $0
is the name of the script so cd $0
would actually run cd /usr/bin/lifesaver.sh
.
cd
command. The OP can just do cd /home/userMusic
why would they use your function?
cd foo
, if anything, it is harder to use than the simple cd
and does not offer any extra functionality whatsoever.