I use the following procedure to set up a shortcut for accessing directory
$ pwd
$ user/home/somefolder/somefolder1
$ export SHORTCUT=$PWD
Now if I am in my home directory and type
$ pwd
$ user/home
$ cd $SHORTCUT
$ pwd
$ user/home/somefolder/somefolder1
But this method works only for one session and if I restart the terminal the above set shortcut does not seem to work. Is this the way it's supposed to happen or am I doing something wrong? Also if it works this way, is there a way to permanently set this shortcut?