How To Create Aliases?
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How To Create Aliases?
I am wondering how you would go about creating aliases. What I would like to be able to do is have the option of launching certain programs from a terminal session. I know that in Debian 5 you just had to edit the .bash_aliases file as well as the .bashrc file. How do you go about setting this up in Mint. I am running version 6.
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Re: How To Create Aliases?
I'm pretty sure that Mint doesn't load .bash_aliases by default. You could put a "source .bash_aliases" line in .bashrc, but I've found it easier to just add the aliases right to .bashrc, as Mint also doesn't add any bloat to this file either.
Re: How To Create Aliases?
How would I go about editing the .bashrc file. I am fairly new to linux and not exactly sure what I would need to put in the bashrc file.
Re: How To Create Aliases?
ok, no problem, you can edit/create the file using the gedit text editor. You can find it under Accessories-->Text Editor, try opening the ~/.bashrc file (don't forget to enable hidden files in the file selector using Ctrl+H) don't worry if it isn't there, as I don't think Mint has it by default so just create the new file and save with the file-name .bashrc (or run "gedit .bashrc" from the terminal to do the same thing")
To actually create aliases all you need to do is add a line to the file like:
To add multiple aliases just add one per line. Save the file, and re-open the terminal (or a new tab) and try out the new command.
To actually create aliases all you need to do is add a line to the file like:
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alias ls='ls --color=auto'