Bash Aliases

In a bash shell there is a special file provided for creating aliases to avoid directly editing your .bashrc logon script. This file is called .bash_aliases and is automatically imported in .bashrc on startup of a new shell.

The format of an alias is:

alias text_to_be_typed='command to be executed'

The ' are only needed if the command has spaces.

See command that will execute when alias is used

Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/102093/how-to-see-the-command-attached-to-a-bash-alias

type -a <cmd>

-a display all locations containing an executable named NAME; includes aliases, builtins, and functions.

where <cmd> is the command or alias you want information on

If using zsh you can also use the following

which <cmd>