Invoking notepad++ from Git Bash

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So, by default you won't have a .bashrc file so just navigate your to your home directory by typing:

cd ~

create or edit the .bashrc with vim (or whatever editor you are comfortable with):

vim .bashrc

Here is the line I had to add to mine (I am running a 64 bit OS so if you aren't don't copy this exactly)

alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

If your copy of windows is 32 bit then it should look like this

alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

Finally, close and reopen your terminal/bash (or, as noted, run source ~/.bashrc), and voila!

windows command-line notepad++ msysgit git-bash

these are the faster ways to achieve the goal

start notepad++ start notepad++ <filename>alias np='start notepad++'np <filename>

tried and tested, just do it!

windows command-line notepad++ msysgit git-bash

I added this for my 64-bit machine with 32-bit Notepad++.

$ cd ~$ vim .bash_profile

Add this to the file then save:

64-bit systems

alias npp="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

32-bit systems

alias npp="/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

Now you should be able to open any file with notepad++ by entering

$ npp [file_name]

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