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I have created an alias of a folder called 'htdocs alias' and when i type in terminal cd 'htdocs alias' or cd htdocs\ alias it doesnt work?

any reasons why this is happening? or any suggestions to help this?

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Mac OS aliases are more similar to Windows shortcuts than to Unix symlinks; you can double-click them but you cannot cd into them.

This article explains how to make cd follow OS X aliases.

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Alternatively, it's quite easy to create an OS X Service that creates symlinks and can be assigned the keyboard shortcut Cmd-L instead. – Daniel Beck Mar 6 '11 at 21:15
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