938 B
How to Create a Bash Alias
- Open your .bashrc file
Using a text editor, open your .bashrc file, which is typically found in your home directory.
vim ~/.bashrc
Why .bashrc?
This file is loaded whenever a new bash instance is started and should included bash-specific commands, like aliases.
- Create the alias
The anatomy of an alias is as follows:
alias alias_name="text to alias"
Here is a common example:
alias ll="ls -lha"
This means that whenever you type ll, it will be as if you had typed ls -lha.
It is basically a substitution, so if you have an alias set up like this: alias g="git". Then you can type g pull, which will execute git pull.
- Reload your bashrc
If you'd like to use your alias, you can either open a new bash shell, or source your .bashrc file in your current shell using:
source ~/.bashrc
This basically executes everything in your .bashrc file as if you had typed each command.