Alias to open a file with a specific program¶
How do do it¶
Note
If you follow this guide from the beginning you added Your Web Browser to the environment variables.
This is what we will use as an example but you can do it with other programs.
Warning
Minimize the number of programs you add to your environment variables.
Tip
Only add your very commomly used programs to your environment variables like your text editor and your web browser.
Create an alias to open a file with a specific program¶
Note
Give the name of your program launcher, most of the time a YourProgram.exe
file, without the extension
For Firefox for example
alias fx="Firefox"
Note
To open a web page from your terminal
Note
By following this example you can now launch google home page from your terminal by typing
fx www.google.com