Linux How to Create Custom Command with ‘alias’ Easily

Here are the ideas on how to create custom command in Linux using ‘alias’

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One of the best examples is you need to go to a directory and display the contents in the order of edit made. To achieve this you need to issue two commands. Instead of using two commands you can complete this with a single command.

1. How to create Custom Command

I want to go to my home directory and list the components inside of it.

>$ cd (home_dir)
>Srini lsdm
test1
test2
test3

Here, I used two commands. One is ‘cd‘ and another one is ‘lsdm’.

The command you need to create custom command is ‘alias‘

2. How to Use Alias

>$ alias name=’string’

Let me create a new command

>$ alias foo='cd (home_dir); lsdm'

Now new command is created with ‘foo’.

>$ foo
>$srini
test1
test2
test3

3. How to Verify the Actual Commands Behind Your Custom Command

Use ‘type’ command to verify.

>$type foo
foo is aliased to 'cd (home_dir); lsdm'

How to nullify alias-command. The command is ‘unalias’

>$ unalias foo

Now the ‘alias-command’ foo is no longer present. So the ‘foo’ command is not available now.

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