Powershell alias for opening a file on disk
I often store useful scraps of information in a file called scraps.md on my Windows 10 machine. However, if the file isn't open, it is a pain to navigate to the folder containing the file in the powershell and then opening it.
Can I make a command called, say, openscraps which opens up scraps.md in the emacs editor?
In bash, I would have made an alias of this using alias openscraps="emacs <path-to-scraps-file>/scraps.md"
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I often store useful scraps of information in a file called scraps.md on my Windows 10 machine. However, if the file isn't open, it is a pain to navigate to the folder containing the file in the powershell and then opening it.
Can I make a command called, say, openscraps which opens up scraps.md in the emacs editor?
In bash, I would have made an alias of this using alias openscraps="emacs <path-to-scraps-file>/scraps.md"
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 6:43
smilingbuddha
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I often store useful scraps of information in a file called scraps.md on my Windows 10 machine. However, if the file isn't open, it is a pain to navigate to the folder containing the file in the powershell and then opening it.
Can I make a command called, say, openscraps which opens up scraps.md in the emacs editor?
In bash, I would have made an alias of this using alias openscraps="emacs <path-to-scraps-file>/scraps.md"
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asked Dec 12 '18 at 6:43
smilingbuddha
64531628
I often store useful scraps of information in a file called scraps.md on my Windows 10 machine. However, if the file isn't open, it is a pain to navigate to the folder containing the file in the powershell and then opening it.
Can I make a command called, say, openscraps which opens up scraps.md in the emacs editor?
In bash, I would have made an alias of this using alias openscraps="emacs <path-to-scraps-file>/scraps.md"
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I believe Invoke-Item in a function should do the trick assuming emacs is the default editor for .md-files. You could replace Invoke-Item with path to emacs if not.
function openscraps { Invoke-Item <pathtoscraps.md> }
or
function openscraps { <pathtoemacs> <pathtoscraps.md> }
answered Dec 12 '18 at 6:57
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I believe Invoke-Item in a function should do the trick assuming emacs is the default editor for .md-files. You could replace Invoke-Item with path to emacs if not.
function openscraps { Invoke-Item <pathtoscraps.md> }
or
function openscraps { <pathtoemacs> <pathtoscraps.md> }
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I believe Invoke-Item in a function should do the trick assuming emacs is the default editor for .md-files. You could replace Invoke-Item with path to emacs if not.
function openscraps { Invoke-Item <pathtoscraps.md> }
or
function openscraps { <pathtoemacs> <pathtoscraps.md> }
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I believe Invoke-Item in a function should do the trick assuming emacs is the default editor for .md-files. You could replace Invoke-Item with path to emacs if not.
function openscraps { Invoke-Item <pathtoscraps.md> }
or
function openscraps { <pathtoemacs> <pathtoscraps.md> }
answered Dec 12 '18 at 6:57
notjustme
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I believe Invoke-Item in a function should do the trick assuming emacs is the default editor for .md-files. You could replace Invoke-Item with path to emacs if not.
function openscraps { Invoke-Item <pathtoscraps.md> }
or
function openscraps { <pathtoemacs> <pathtoscraps.md> }
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