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I use LaTeX and rubber to compile my tex sources via command line. The command I usually use is rubber --pdf test.tex && rubber --clean test.tex. How can I create a custom command so that I only have to type rubber text.tex or rubb text.tex (or something like this) for it to do the same as the long command above?

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I would use something simple, like

#!/bin/bash
rubber --pdf $1 && rubber --clean $1

then you save it in a folder in your $PATH and you are done.

I usually suggest to create (if not present) the folder ~/bin to contain your user's scripts, and then add it to your $PATH variable, following this solution.

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dadexix86
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    +1. Notice that in recent Ubuntu, `~/bin` is added by default to the PATH if it exists (in `~/.profile` you should have the needed code). – Rmano Mar 11 '16 at 08:47
  • @Rmano thanks! I have a very old home directory that I carried along since 8.10, so I missed that change :) – dadexix86 Mar 11 '16 at 08:52