Alias commands - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Mars8082686 · #1 08-07-2006

how do you alias a command... Like say I wanted kitten to exicute the command whoami. how would I do that?

Thank you for your time.

nathan · #2 08-07-2006

It depends on the shell. Bash, Korn shell and Bourne shell is like:

Code:

alias kitten=whoami

C shell and tcsh syntax is a little different. They don't use the '=' sign.

Code:

alias kitten whoami

sd12 · #3 08-08-2006

Also read up on my post "shortcuts". Thanks to some really smart ppl in this forum you'd know how to get the Alias command working for you

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