CreateAliases

Creating Aliases

Purpose:This documentation will help you create Aliases for use on your Linux system.Aliases are names or keywords assigned to commands that launch operations.

To set an alias, we must edit the alias file. If you’re using RHEL your alias file is located in ~/.aliases. If you’re using a Debian system your alias file is located in ~/.bash_aliases by default. It is important to note that ~/. signifies the user's home directory.

For example, the full path of the alias file on a Debian system would be: /home/USER/.bash_aliases

To edit the alias file run:

vi ~/.aliasesFor RHEL

Or

vi ~/.bash_aliasessFor Debian systems

Creating an alias results in the following:

alias name=’command’

For example, if we wanted to create an alias called browser that launched Google Chrome, we would add the following alias to the alias file:

alias browser=’google-chrome’

Then source the alias file after saving the new addition in order to use it:

source ~/.aliases

Or

source ~/.bash_aliases

When we type the alias browser into our terminal it will then launch the Google Chrome browser.

To list available aliases enter:

alias

Here are some aliases that may be helpful:

alias weather='curl wttr.in'

alias afs =’ssh ucid@afs1.njit.edu’

alias reboot=’sudo reboot’