creating an alias in Terminal

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  1. Mosey, Jan 21, 2008

    Mosey macrumors member

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    I'm using Terminal to run UNIX commands. I used to use UNIX a lot on Sun and HP workstations, but it's been about 15 years, so I'm pretty rusty. I seem to remember that I could set aliases, like so:

    alias c clear

    But, it comes back with:

    -bash: alias: c: not found
    -bash: alias: clear: not found

    I've tried:

    alias c 'clear'
    alias c "clear"

    but always get the same result.

    What am I doing wrong?
     
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  2. swiftaw, Jan 21, 2008

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    #2
    i believe the command you need is "ln" not "alias"
     
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  3. Lixivial, Jan 21, 2008

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    You're just missing the = sign. It would go something like this:

    alias c='clear'

    EDIT: And so as to avoid any confusion, this has nothing to do with the term that the Finder uses for shortcuts.
     
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  4. Mosey, Jan 21, 2008

    Mosey thread starter macrumors member

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    Yup, = did the trick! Thanks for the help!
     
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