Bash: alias

alias does not accept parameters but a function can be called just like an alias, according to official documentation "for almost every purpose, shell functions are preferred over aliases"

Examples

• Execute alias to display your aliases

touch ~/.bash_aliases

Related terms

• Shell functions
• ifconfig and IP alias address
• .bashrc and .bash profile
• source
• aws list all
• suaws function
• .zprofile
• viprofile
• Append a space
• bash: compdef: command not found
• shopt -s expand_aliases
• export -f
• sed s/'^'/'\<code\>'/ | sed s/'$'/'\<\/code\>'/

See also

• alias, Bash: alias: viconfig, bip, .bash_aliases, ssha function
• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly, $1, $@, Bash versions, Backslash \

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Aliases