Question

I am developing on a windows machine. The only place I need for linux command line is Git Bash. The problem is: When I open it, I am in the home directory. I have to change the directory to my workspace, like:

cd ../../../d/work_space_for_my_company/project/code_source

Can I wrap this in a .sh file so I don’t have to hand-type it anymore? This should be simple but I have zero knowledge about Linux command line. I am really appreciated If you can walk me
through how to create that .sh file.

Answer 1

Just write that line to a file “cd.sh”, then do this from your shell prompt:

. ./cd.sh

Or you can create an alias or function in your $HOME/.bashrc file:

foo() { cd /d/work_space_for_my_company/project/code_source ; }

If the directory name includes spaces or other shell metacharacters, you’ll need quotation marks; it won’t hurt to add them even if they’re not necessary:

foo() { cd "/d/Work Space/project/code_source" ; }

(Note that I’ve omitted the ../../..; you don’t need it.)

EDIT: If you add a line

foo

to your .bashrc after the function definition, your shell will start in that directory. Or you can just use the cd command directly in your .bashrc if you aren’t going to need to use the function later.

(The name foo is just an example; you should pick a more meaningful name.)