• darcy
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    1 year ago

    sure, but what if need a subfolder of dl, like dl/source or whatever. same with documents and pictures

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      1 year ago

      You have to try it but I think it still works. Aliases just replaced the text you typed with text in the alias, so if you append a subfolder to the alias it should also be appended to the command.

      It’s like using !! when navigating folders. You can do cd ~/Downloads and then !!/source and it resolves to cd ~/Downloads/source

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      1 year ago

      I’m sure that still works with aliases. Then you’ll have dl/source and Doenloads/source that are the same location. Using aliases will mean any script or program you may use that might point to them won’t just create a new default folder that is then no longer the same location as the renamed one that you’ll expect everything in

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        1 year ago

        ok but if i open a gui file explorer, i can type dl to go to focus downloads, and do can match downloads or documents (or dotfiles)

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          1 year ago

          Oh, yeah i think i also confused them with symlinks, you could use them?

          • darcy
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            1 year ago

            true, but then i would have duplicates of those folders in home directory