How Do You Create a Shortcut in Unix?

To create a symlink without a terminal, just hold Shift+Ctrl and drag the file or folder you want to link to to the location where you want the shortcut.

How do I create a shortcut in Linux?

To create your own application keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard settings:

1. Click the + button. The Add Custom Shortcut window will appear.
2. Type a Name to identify the shortcut, and a Command to run an application. …
3. Click the row that was just added. …
4. Click Add.

How do I create a shortcut to a folder in Unix?

2 Answers. Open terminal and ln -s /media/sf_fedora ~/Documents/sf_fedora would create a symlink in Documents folder. Alternatively, you can use either middle (wheel) click drag or Alt +drag to get a move/copy/link menu.