I am attempting to set up aliases for my Cygwin bash shells, to run programs contained in the standard Windows C:\Program Files subdirectories. Unfortunately, the alias command really doesn't like spaces in a directory name, and nothing I've tried seems to work. I'm trying to get the following running:
alias npp='/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe'
I am currently cheating and using a soft link, but I would prefer to use an alias.
While the answer above will solve the problem, here is another thing you can try:
Use
junction
utility from microsoft to create a symlink"C:\ProgramFiles"
to"C:\Program Files"
(and "C:\ProgramFiles86" to "C:\Program Files (x86)")Amusingly, the link I gave above mentions the exact same case of "Program Files" having a space in it.
Escape Characters:
alias npp="/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"
Edit: Note the change from single to double quotes as well.