Learn how to use Bash aliases to shorten commands, reduce errors, speed up tasks, and improve your productivity in the Terminal.

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...

The whole point of Unix aliases is to allow you to type less, make fewer mistakes, and not have quite so much to remember. They are generally act as good shortcuts to getting a lot of work done. Here ...

I’ve undoubtedly said this before, but the most effective aliases on Linux are those that save you a lot of time or help you avoid typing errors – especially those errors that might cause problems on ...

Sometimes I need a shortcut to make things a bit faster. There are also situations where my memory needs a helping hand with the litany of commands I use throughout the week. That's why I often turn ...

Ever wish you could take a look at the device aliases on a Solaris system without having to descend all the way down to the ok prompt? Well, you can. By issuing the proper version of the prtconf ...