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I want to open my pdf files using Terminal but I donot want to use this "xdg-open" command every time. What is the solution. Thank You

Shaikat Saha
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    The default pdf reader is evince. So just 'evince file.pdf'. – Andrei Dobre Feb 16 '19 at 11:49
  • Can I write a command or change any thing so that I can avoid to write evince everytime – Shaikat Saha Feb 16 '19 at 11:50
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    It's a bit unclear what you mean write a command to avoid writing 6 letters 'everytime'... In any event you can put an alias in your ~/.($SHELL)rc as alias e=evince if you really want to save typing 5 letters – j-money Feb 16 '19 at 11:54

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If you want to write as less as possible when opening a pdf file, you should define an alias. In a file called ~/.bashrc you can define aliases like this:

alias pdf="evince "

Refresh the environment with

. ~/.bashrc

and then use the alias:

pdf file.pdf
Andrei Dobre
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