Comments on: Howto Create your own aliases in Debian

By: JustinD

JustinD — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:23:45 +0000

I use it for SSH sessions, and prefer this file instead of .bashrc to get a clear overview

By: luser

luser — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:32:07 +0000

Automake fails when using bash and CDPATH is set. If you’re a developer or build your programs from source it can be annoying sitting there for a few minutes until you remember the build is failing because the CDPATH environment variable is set. I’m not sure if that bug has been fixed yet.

IMO, the best and safest solution is to either use tab completion or learn how to type.

By: John Allen

John Allen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:34:42 +0000

Totally insane to use aliases for cd, IMHO

Why not use the CDPATH variable instead.

eg.
CDPATH=.:/var/cache/apt:~/

now “cd archives” will look in current dir, then /var/cache/apt, and ~/

By: Mikko

Mikko — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:51:50 +0000

I suppose everyone who can edit files using VI can already set aliases in .bashrc

By: lied

lied — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:38:35 +0000

@Wolfric:

Have a look at the ZSH instead of Bash. It has a autocorrection feature… Happy mistyping

By: wolfric

wolfric — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Excellent, now when I type urnar instead of unrar it still works!

Thanks

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:34:05 +0000

Why bother with the extra file, just put the aliases directly in the ~/.bashrc file.