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How to add alias on Mac(It's common for most system)
Since these files are hidden you will have to do an ls -a
to list them. If you don‘t have one you can create one.
Update:
If I remember correctly, when I had bought my mac, .bash_login
file wasn‘t there. I had to create it for myself so that I could put prompt info
, alias
, functions
etc in it. Here are the steps if you would like to create one -
- Start up Terminal
- Type
cd ~/
to go to your home folder - Type
touch .bash_profile
to create your new file. - Edit
.bash_profile
with your favorite editor (or you can just typeopen -e .bash_profile
to open it in TextEdit. - Type
. .bash_profile
to reload.bash_profile
and update any alias you add.
Another covenient way:
The config file for scripts and programs is ~/.bashrc
and the config file that gets loaded when you use Terminal is ~/.bash_login
.
I think the best way is to just have everything in ~/.bashrc
.
For your specific question just enter (this will overwrite any existing ~/.bashrc):
echo "alias blah=\"/usr/bin/blah\"" >~/.bashrc
into the Terminal and a ~/.bashrc
file will be created with your new alises. After that just edit the file to add new aliases, functions, settings etc.
How to add alias on Mac(It's common for most system)