Create Alias on my Mac to Run KeePass File

Question

I've installed KeePass2.23 on my mac. It is in my home directory ~KeePass-2.23/. I'd like to create an alias to run this program. Is this do-able? The steps I use to run KeePass now are:

johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johndcowan$ cd KeePass-2.23/
johns-MacBook-Pro:KeePass-2.23 johndcowan$ mono KeePass.exe

Instead of cd-ing to the folder or typing in the path each time, I'd like to just use an alias and type one word:

johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johndcowan$ keepass

and have the program run. In my .bash_aliases file I added:

alias keepass='mono ~KeePass-2.23/KeePass.exe'

This doesn't work. I tried without the quotes also to no avail. Any suggestions? Thanks,

I've added it to .bashrc, .bash_aliases and .profile. I've done other aliases, but this one is a PIMA. — John Cowan, Oct 01 '13 at 22:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 02 '13 at 14:23

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Your alias should be:

alias keepass='cd ~/KeePass-2.23 && mono KeePass.exe'

answered Oct 02 '13 at 14:23

Mark Setchell

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Create Alias on my Mac to Run KeePass File

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