Question

Custom Path on Ubuntu start

Posted on December 25, 2021
Nginx Ubuntu
Asked by teohristov

I’ve been trying to customize my Ubuntu terminal.

My next self made task is for the Ubuntu terminal to load a specific path rather than the default on on opening.

To be more specific, I have Nginx installed and want to open that folder on start up.

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KFSys

Site Moderator

• December 25, 2021

Accepted Answer

Hi @teohristov,

In such cases, you can use the .bashrc file in your user’s root folder. In the .bashrc file you can add any command you want, you can create aliases and so on.

Basically, what you need to do is go to your user’s root folder:

cd ~
nano .bashrc

On the top of the file add

cd /path/to/nginx/installation

where /path/to/nginx/installation is your actual path.

Additionally, you do not have to limit yourself to only this command. Let’s say you want to list the directory as well, just for the kicks of it. You can add ls -lah in the same file underneath the cd command as well.

Usually, once you’ve created aliases or added such commands to your .bashrc file, you need to either reload it or open a new terminal(it reloads/loads by default on new terminal.). You can do it with:

source ~/.bashrc

wellr3762 • December 25, 2021

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KFSys

Site Moderator

• December 27, 2021

Hi @teohristov,

Just to give you more information on what else you can achieve with changing/customizing your .bashrc file, you can also add colors to your terminal from there.

To add colors to the shell prompt use the following export command syntax: ‘\e[x;ym $PS1 \e[m’ Where,