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To add more aliases, we can type something like | To add more aliases, we can type something like | ||
| − | <nowiki>alias | + | <nowiki>alias l="ls -al"</nowiki> |
By default, Ubuntu also reads in a file in your home directory called .bash_aliases | By default, Ubuntu also reads in a file in your home directory called .bash_aliases | ||
Simply add the line as above to that file and it will create the alias every time you start a new terminal window. | Simply add the line as above to that file and it will create the alias every time you start a new terminal window. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:04, 10 July 2014
Aliases are effectively user-created command-line shortcuts. In Ubuntu, several aliases are already created to make life on the command line a little more attractive. To see what's already there, simply type:
$alias
To add more aliases, we can type something like
alias l="ls -al"
By default, Ubuntu also reads in a file in your home directory called .bash_aliases Simply add the line as above to that file and it will create the alias every time you start a new terminal window.
