First things first: What is an alias, and why do I care? Well, an alias is a custom command created by the user to execute another, usually more complicated command or group of commands. The utility of aliases
Sometimes you may need to create an alias that accepts one or more arguments. That’s where bash functions come in handy. The syntax for creating a bash function is very easy. They can be declared in two different formats: function_name () { [commands] } Copy or ...
Save the file. The file will be automatically loaded in your next session. If you want to use the newly defined alias in the current session, issue the following command: $ source ~/.bashrc To remove an alias added via the command line can be unaliased using the unalias command. $ unal...
Wrap-up You can go on adding various aliases, but the goal of this article is to make your life easy by saving the regularly used commands into the.bashrcfile and using a shortcut alias to call the command with options. Want to try out Red Hat Enterprise Linux?Download it nowfor free...
alias gr='grep --color -r' Reset Once You Alias Once you set an alias in.bash_profile, you need to make sure it’s working. You can do this by running this command:source ~/.bash_profile. This will reload everything without having to quit out of terminal to reset, so that you ...
Tired of typing to much in the CLI. We show you how to make a BASH Alias so you can spent less time typing long commands.
Running aliased command with sudo requires an alias for sudo itself But why? Why does it work now when all you did was to replace sudo command with sudo and a space? The answer lies in the way alias is designed to be used. If you refer to thealias part of the bash manual, you’ll...
How to define and use functions in Bash? You can define functions in your .bashrc file with your other bash alias. In a shell script, the function can be defined anywhere before being called for execution and you can source your function definitions by using the source or dot command. A ...
Putting it all together, you get something like “ls tried to open /dsafsda but couldn’t because it doesn’t exist.” This may seem obvious, but these messages can get a little confusing when you run a shell script that includes an erroneous command under a different name. ...
let's say you have a long and complicated command that you frequently use in the terminal. instead of typing the whole thing every time, you can create an alias that represents that command with a shorter and easier-to-remember name. how can i create an alias in the terminal? to create...