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aliasing the chrome to the different path when it is on Linux OS #862

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Expand Up @@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ alias week='date +%V'
alias update='sudo softwareupdate -i -a; brew update; brew upgrade; brew cleanup; npm install npm -g; npm update -g; sudo gem update --system; sudo gem update; sudo gem cleanup'

# Google Chrome
alias chrome='/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome'
if [ -f '/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome' ] ; then
alias chrome='/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome'
else
alias chrome='/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome'
fi
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Instead of checking uname output and assuming different paths, it seems better to check if the path exists.

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@mathiasbynens 👍, I have updated to check if the file exists instead before aliasing chrome in Linux.


alias canary='/Applications/Google\ Chrome\ Canary.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome\ Canary'

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