how to set alias for the folder in Linux

Question

I want to set the alias for the "abc-abc" folder as "abc" in Linux.Can you help me?

EX: /raj/abc-abc/xyz/data

Solution 1

Do you mean a symbolic link? I think so .. but the "system-calls" tag you've put there is throwing me off a bit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

ln -s /raj/abc-abc /raj/abc
cd /raj/abc

Solution 2

You want to make a "link" from abc to abc-abc.

ln -s /raj/abc-abc /raj/abc

Generally you want to create "symbolic links" or "symlinks", which is done using the -s flag.