[2538sukham]

I want to create different folders with alias like that of $FOAM_RUN which we can access by typing run. Example folders PHD, WORK etc which we can access using alias. Can someone help me with this? With ~/.bashrc I am not sure how to achieve this and I don't want to break my OpenFOAM installation.
Any help is appreciated.

[Severus]

Hello,
If you want to change directory in terminal using alias, open your bashrc and add the following lines at the end

Case 1: You want to change directory to a folder not in the /home/ path
Lets say you want to change directory to a folder openfoam8 located in /opt/, then use

alias OF8_DIR='cd /opt/openfoam8/'


Case 2: You want to change directory to a folder that is in the /home/ path
Lets say you want to change directory to a folder called PHD_folder that is located in /home/Michael/, then use

alias PHD='cd ~/PHD_folder '



Case 3: You want to open a folder in the file manager and view it (for a GNOME desktop environment)
Lets say you want to a folder openfoam8 located in /opt/, then use

alias openfoam='nautilus /opt/openfoam8/'



Once you paste it in the end of bashrc, then open a new terminal and do this

source .bashrc



Now you should be able change directories

Note
In order to avoid making mistakes take a backup of your current bashrc, it will be useful and restore it just in case you mess up something
You can also check this thread for restoring the default bashrc: https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...hrc-file-again

Thanks

[2538sukham]

Originally Posted by Severus

Hello,
If you want to change directory in terminal using alias, open your bashrc and add the following lines at the end

Case 1: You want to change directory to a folder not in the /home/ path
Lets say you want to change directory to a folder openfoam8 located in /opt/, then use

alias OF8_DIR='cd /opt/openfoam8/'


Case 2: You want to change directory to a folder that is in the /home/ path
Lets say you want to change directory to a folder called PHD_folder that is located in /home/Michael/, then use

alias PHD='cd ~/PHD_folder '



Case 3: You want to open a folder in the file manager and view it (for a GNOME desktop environment)
Lets say you want to a folder openfoam8 located in /opt/, then use

alias openfoam='nautilus /opt/openfoam8/'



Once you paste it in the end of bashrc, then open a new terminal and do this

source .bashrc



Now you should be able change directories

Note
In order to avoid making mistakes take a backup of your current bashrc, it will be useful and restore it just in case you mess up something
You can also check this thread for restoring the default bashrc: https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...hrc-file-again

Thanks

Works like a charm!! I went for case2 which I added at the end of bashrc file: alias phd='cd /home/mikeyfluids/OpenFOAM/PhD' then sourced it : source ~/.bashrc
Now I get how the alias work. I can even alias paraFoam installed in windows using the same procedure since I am using wsl2 .
I consider the thread solved and closed !!
Thank you Shravan!