/bash-profile-shortcut-creator

A very small, but time saving python script that asks user for an alias name, and creates a shortcut with this alias in their .bash_profile to their present working directory.

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bash_profile_shortcut_creator

A very small, but time saving python script that asks user for an alias name, and creates a shortcut with this alias in their .bash_profile to their present working directory.

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Create 2 shortcuts in your bash profile:

  1. Running bash_write.py shortcut
sudo nano ~/.bash_profile

use the syntax:

alias [alias_name]='python3 [path_to_file]/bash_write.py $(pwd)'
  1. Rendering .bash_profile
alias [alias_name]='source ~/.bash_profile'

I use the alias new , so that if I want to create a shortcut to a deep directory, I can simply navigate to it, type in new, and this program will prompt for an alias name. Use the #2 shortcut above to confirm this recently created shortcut (if you don't do this, your shortcut will not be activated)

Of course, you could just type in the above commands manually, but this is supposed to be a time saver and every keyboard click counts.