alias Command Examples

Create aliases - words that are replaced by a command string. Aliases expire with the current shell session unless defined in the shell's configuration file, e.g. ~/.bashrc. More information: https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/aliases.html.

• List all aliases:

alias

• Create a generic alias:

alias {{word}}="{{command}}"

• View the command associated to a given alias:

alias {{word}}

• Remove an aliased command:

unalias {{word}}

• Turn rm into an interactive command:

alias {{rm}}="{{rm --interactive}}"

• Create la as a shortcut for ls --all:

alias {{la}}="{{ls --all}}"