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[Linuxcommand-discuss] how to (and where) create global shell variables

[Mertens B. <bra...@li...>]

Hi,

There are a couple of directories that I need frequently in certain
commands (cd, cp, mv,...) is it possible to create variables that hold
these paths?

e.g.
instead of typing: cd /mnt/shared/music/lyrcis
type: cd $LYRICS  (where $LYRICS is /mnt/shared/music/lyrcis)

Can I simply add 'LYRICS="/mnt/shared/music/lyrcis"' to my '~/.bashrc'?

Or is there a better way?

TIA
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Re: [Linuxcommand-discuss] how to (and where) create global shell variables

[William S. <bs...@pa...>]

On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 09:49, Mertens Bram wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There are a couple of directories that I need frequently in certain
> commands (cd, cp, mv,...) is it possible to create variables that hold
> these paths?
> 
> e.g.
> instead of typing: cd /mnt/shared/music/lyrcis
> type: cd $LYRICS  (where $LYRICS is /mnt/shared/music/lyrcis)
> 
> Can I simply add 'LYRICS="/mnt/shared/music/lyrcis"' to my '~/.bashrc'?
> 
> Or is there a better way?
>

Using an environment variable as you describe is a common approach to
this problem.  Another way would be to create aliases for the common
commands you use.
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