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How to create shortcut on ubuntu to open a terminal with some folder?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 9252 / 1 Year ago, thu, march 30, 2023, 3:45:52

I have a ubuntu running in vmware, and the folder is mnt/hgfs/somefolder (shared folder from VMWARE).

How can i create a shortcut to open a terminal with this path (mnt/hgfs/somefolder) without need to type everytime cd mnt/hgfs/somefolder?

on windows I use a file somefile.bat with this code:

@cd /d "z:somefoldersubfolder" 

@cmd.exe /K

It is possible to add some arguments to open in root mode?

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answered 1 Year ago ellter · Accepted Answer

The command to open a terminal in a specific folder is

gnome-terminal --working-directory=/path/to/folder

One can create a .desktop file containing the following details to have a shortcut for this,

[Desktop Entry]

Name=MyTerminal

Comment=open terminal in /mnt/hgfs/somefolder

Icon=utilities-terminal

Exec=gnome-terminal --working-directory=/mnt/hgfs/somefolder

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Give it execution permission, as

chmod +x /path/to/MyTerminal.desktop

It will create a shortcut named MyTerminal, now double click on it to open a terminal in your desired location.