Accessing a directory

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I go to my working directories by typing cd directory1/dir2/dir3/../ always. Is there any shortcut that I can make to go to my working directory instead of typing all these every time ?

How about using a symbolic link? – user4759923 Jul 25 '15 at 10:11 — user4759923, Jul 25 '15 at 10:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:12

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You can do symbolic link to the dir. I.e. in -s /path/to/dir/to/link link_name Then you can do cd link_name

answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:12

Robert Navado

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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You can try and search for "how to create symbolic/hard/soft links in linux". Below are some examples that may help you.

create symbolic link

Difference between hard and soft links

How to create hard links

Create soft link

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answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:13

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:18

For windows you can create batch file with following code.

cd "c:\Documents and Settings\etc\etc"
start .

For Linux

You can use the environment variable CDPATH

Suppose you want to go to cd /usr/directory1/dir2/dir3/dir4/

export CDPATH=.:/usr/directory1/dir2/dir3

then typing cd dir4 would take you /usr/directory1/dir2/dir3/dir4/ assuming there's no directory named dir4 within the current directory

Accessing a directory

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