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Short-cut for switching to a given directory

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In the Ubuntu terminal I find myself spending considerable time to switch to a particular directory every time the computer starts up. Is there some way I can make this process easier? Is there some hotkey or some quick directory change that I can use (like speed dial on a phone)?

 eg:

    cd 1:Changes to saved directory one

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answered 3 Years ago eeperant · Accepted Answer

There are two options:

If you want to be in a specific directory everyt time you open a bash terminal, edit your ~/.bashrc file and just add the line cd Directory, for example cd ~/Desktop.

If you want to have several short-cuts, you can always use global variables, which you can set in your ~/.bashrc file as follows export a=/tmp and then you would be able to do cd $a which would bring you to /tmp.

Remember that after editing your .bashrc file you have to restart the terminal or open a new one.