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>