Creating an alias for a python script

Question

I'm new to python programming. I want to create an alias to my script, so that i can use it in the terminal.

I've a .py file named r.py and i'm trying to create an alias for it. I created it by using the following commnad:

$ alias new="python /Python_scripts/radians.py"

Now when i type the word new in the terminal it's giving an error -'no such file exists'

Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Is your path correct? Are you trying to use an 'absolute path' or a 'relative path'? You can run 'readlink -m radians.py' to get the absolute path to your python script and then update your alias with that instead. — theAlse
– theAlse, Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 5:49

damienfrancois · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-01 07:23:20Z

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The path is probably not correct:

alias new="python /Python_scripts/radians.py"

will try to find the Python_scripts directory at the root level while I assume it would be in your home directory. Try replacing it with a relative path

alias new="python Python_scripts/radians.py"

or, better, with

alias new="python ~/Python_scripts/radians.py"

so that you can run the aliased command from anywhere.

answered Aug 1, 2014 at 7:23

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Burhan Khalid Over a year ago

$HOME is preferred over ~ for portability.

chepner Over a year ago

@BurhanKhalid How so? ~ is also defined by the POSIX standard to refer to the current user's home directory. True, there are situations where you cannot use ~, but this is not one of them, and that's a matter of correctness, not portability.

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