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Enter a command. For example: espeak, mogrify, clang cpp, meshlabserver.

alias

Creates aliases -- words that are replaced by a command string. Aliases expire with the current shell session unless defined in the shell's configuration file, e.g. ~/.bashrc. More information: https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/aliases.html.

• List all aliases:
   
  alias
   
• Create a generic alias:
   
  alias {{word}}="{{command}}"
   
• View the command associated to a given alias:
   
  alias {{word}}
   
• Remove an aliased command:
   
  unalias {{word}}
   
• Turn rm into an interactive command:
   
  alias {{rm}}="{{rm --interactive}}"
   
• Create la as a shortcut for ls --all:
   
  alias {{la}}="{{ls --all}}"