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Mezzoforte
Mezzoforte

Reputation: 69

Create alias for 'cd' into folder containing whitespace

I would like to be able to access some frequently used directories no matter where I am in the directory path. I know aliasing can help with this problem, so I've made a few that I've placed into .bashrc. Here are some examples:

alias 'Programming'="cd /mnt/e/Programming/"
alias 'InternetExplorer' = "cd /mnt/c/Internet Explorer/"

The first alias works, but the second does not.

Here are the following things that I've tried:

alias 'InternetExplorer'="cd '/mnt/c/Internet Explorer/'"
alias 'InternetExplorer'="cd "/mnt/c/Internet Explorer/""
alias 'InternetExplorer'="cd /mnt/c/'Internet Explorer'/"
alias 'InternetExplorer'="cd /mnt/c/"Internet Explorer"/"
alias 'InternetExplorer'="cd /mnt/c/Internet\ Explorer/"

Some of these solutions do work on the command line, but I'm guessing aliasing just reads in everything under quotations as string. Also, I can always write a function called "Internet Explorer", but conceptually, I feel like aliasing should be the solution. I appreciate any help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1135

Answers (2)

Charles Duffy
Charles Duffy

Reputation: 295766

When in doubt, use a function instead:

InternetExplorer() { cd "/mnt/c/Internet Explorer"; }

Upvotes: 2

Richard Jessop
Richard Jessop

Reputation: 972

alias InternetExplorer="cd \"/mnt/c/Internet Explorer\""

On cygwin bash, I would use

alias InternetExplorer="cd \"$(cygpath -m '*pasted dir from File Manager*'\""

Upvotes: 2

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