Comments on: Unix Bash Alias Tutorial – Handle Alias Command Like Jennifer Garner

By: RAGHU

RAGHU — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:23:22 +0000

@gotham – put the alias in .bashrc file and relogin.

By: gotham

gotham — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:54:44 +0000

well guys let me how to add alias permanently ?????????

By: Chris F.A. Johnson

Chris F.A. Johnson — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:32:50 +0000

“is it true that all unix commands run in linux but all linux commands not in unix”

What do you mean by “Unix”?

Most commands written for one *nix system can be compiled for any *nix system.

By: RAGHU SUBRAMANIAM

RAGHU SUBRAMANIAM — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:28:07 +0000

@Shantanu – after making the changes in .bashrc, if you want to use the alias immediately you can source the file.
source ~/.bashrc
or
. ~/bashrc
This will make the changes available to the current shell itself.

By: NCM

NCM — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:42:13 +0000

@Priya: If you are intending to avoid accidental deletion, you may do the following:
alias crontab=’crontab -i’
This will prompt you before deleting

By: Priya

Priya — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:22:04 +0000

How to use alias to remove the “crontab -r” command to “crontab -l “

By: Shantanu Oak

Shantanu Oak — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:42:56 +0000

After adding the command to bashrc you need to either restart or start another instance. I could not use the command immediately after adding it to .bashrc file.

vi ~/.bashrc
alias mysql_new=’mysql -uroot -p –prompt=”(\r:\m)\_mysql>” –show-warnings –tee=”/home/sqltee.txt”‘

I use the above alias to start mysql from command prompt and found it useful enough to share.

By: BalaC

BalaC — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:18:10 +0000

You can also add the alias to your bashrc file to make the change work everytime you login via SSH

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:35:01 +0000

Anurag Rana: No thats not true always most command do run on linux, like for instance prstat on solaris is similar to top on linux, different command but similar output

shareall is another command for sharing nfs in solaris world in unix we have exportfs in linux world

many more examples…

This is where alias play a vital role if you are used to a command you can always substitute it

By: SamD

SamD — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:04:05 +0000

Nice article. One small point — in the example for unalias hcl: the second line under that should say “hcl is …” vice “mnt is …”.