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There are some commands I use allot and I do mean allot.

For instance

ssh madberry@example -v

what if I just had to type:

example

I can using the alias. We can just add it to the .bashrc file or use(as they tell you in .bashrc) put all your aliases in the .bash_aliases.

Here is how we go about doing it.

Open .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc

and edit the lines:

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

# if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
#    . ~/.bash_aliases
# fi

to:

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi

Now let’s create the .bash_aliases file:

nano ~/.bash_aliases

This will open a new file if you have never created one before. Note that this file is also in your home directory(that is what the ~ means).

Let’s explain the line we have to put in this file:

alias example='ssh madberry@example -v'

alias: The command we use to create the alias in addition typing this command in Terminal will give us a list of all available aliases.
example: The new alias for our command
ssh madberry@example -v: The command we want an alias for.

You can put allot of commands in here possibilities are endless.

Some examples:

Alias for updating through terminal:

alias update='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade'

Alias for ls -al:

alias al='ls -al'

Alias for ls -l:

alias ll='ls -l'

Alias for package not in /bin or /usr/bin:

alias mitter='/media/zooi/mitter-0.3.1/./mitter'

Alias for Kate:

alias k='kate'

Remember to put each new alias on a new line like so:

alias update='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade'
alias al='ls -al'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias mitter='/media/zooi/mitter-0.3.1/./mitter'
alias k='kate'

And also remember that new aliases won’t work unless you restart your Terminal(Konsole).

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