bash_aliases.md

Bash Aliases

Reason

Creating your own bash alias help you to realize task faster and easier

In Ubuntu (I suppose in other distros too) there is a file in your $HOME called .bashrc, this file contains a piece of code as the following:

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

This means, if the file .bash_aliases exists, execute what is inside. The purpose of this file is to contain the user bash aliases.

How To

Create .bash_aliases file

Open a terminal and execute this:

touch ~/.bash_aliases

Create an alias

Open a terminal and execute:

nano ~/.bash_aliases

Write there your alias, example:

alias st='npm start'

Useful aliases

This is a list of useful aliases which I use:

# This alias allows to use sudo with other alias
alias sudo='sudo '

# This alias open the current folder in the GUI, It works in Ubuntu, I don't know if the same
# alias works in other distros
alias open='xdg-open .'