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Is there any way to save the path of the current directory from the current Gnome Terminal window?

I need this when I open another terminal and have to type cd repeatedly again.

Aaron
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Mohammad Reza Rezwani
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Press Ctrl+Shift+N in gnome-terminal for a new terminal window.

Press Ctrl+Shift+T in gnome-terminal for a new terminal tab.

Or right click in the terminal and chose New Terminal or New Tab

The new terminal window or tab inherits the working directory from its parent terminal.

This works also with the Xfce terminal.

LXTerminal only inherits the working directory from its parent terminal on a new tab.

TuKsn
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You can make an alias for the current working directory in ~/.bash_aliases

echo alias \'alias-name\'=\"cd "$(pwd)"\" >> ~/.bash_aliases

Now you can access that directory by running only the alias name on the terminal.

Example:

avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~/Desktop/rah$ echo alias \'go\'=\"cd "$(pwd)"\" >> ~/.bash_aliases

Then i run the below command on a new terminal,

avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~$ go
avinash@avinash-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500:~/Desktop/rah$

To clear all the aliases,

echo "" > ~/.bash_aliases
Avinash Raj
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If you want to open terminal for a current directory and don't want to use cd in terminal to move to current directory then

Install nautilus-open-terminal available in software centre.

you can right click in the current directory and you will find 'open in terminal' option.

You need to restart nautilus after installing to restart nautilus type in terminal

nautilus -q (it will quit the nautilus)

to start again 

nautilus
guntbert
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Sudheer
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GNOME wiki suggests sourcing vte.sh from your ~/.bashrc profile.

I.e. add this line to your ~/.barshrc file:

. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh

This way Ctrl+Shift+N in gnome-terminal will inherit current working directory.

Vanuan
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There are many ways to simplyfy your task ie to save you from typing the CD thing again and again.

1. Make an alias for it to help you go to the directory again and again like

vi  ~/.bashrc

Add the line mentioned below

alias goto='cd ~/path/to/yourdir'

Then 

source  ~/.bashrc

Now whenever you want to go to the directory just type goto on your terminal.

it.

problem : This will require you to make multiple aliases for different directories.

2 A function to save your life - extended aliases.

Steps :

1. vi ~/.bashrc
2. write this 

    function lifesaver(){
    cd "$1"
    }
3. source ~/.bashrc

4. to move to a directory /home/userMusic, use 

    lifesaver /home/userMusic

3. Installing nautilus-open-terminal .Here's a link to it.

https://askubuntu.com/a/207448/278183

Problem with it is that every time you need to go to the directory manually and then click open terminal.

Choose what suits you the best :-)

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