Run program through terminal with custom name

Question

I want to run a program, for example gedit from terminal.

How can I run gedit through terminal by just typing ge on terminal?

Answer 1

You can add an alias for the command. Open your terminal with ctrl+alt+t and type:

nano ~/.bashrc

Find alias section and add alias:

alias ge='gedit'

Changes will take affect in the new terminal.

Answer 2

An option is to create a directory ~/bin, and make a link from there to gedit:

ln -sf /usr/bin/gedit ~/bin/ge

You can do that with any application; to find out where to link to, type:

which [applicationname]

e.g.

$ which gedit
/usr/bin/gedit