I don't get it. Why not just use aliases? alias <name>='cd path/to/<name>' Then you can just type: $ <name> You can even set up an alias to add a new alias -

I don't get it. Why not just use aliases? alias <name>='cd path/to/<name>' Then you can just type: $ <name> You can even set up an alias to add a new alias -> alias ea='vim ~/bash/alias'