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adding alias in a file and run from cygwin
To add an alias in a file and run it from Cygwin, you can follow these steps:
Create or open the .bashrc file: In Cygwin, the
.bashrc
file is commonly used to set up aliases, functions, and environment variables. Open your Cygwin terminal, and use a text editor (e.g.,nano
,vi
, orvim
) to create or edit the.bashrc
file. You can do this by running:bashnano ~/.bashrc
If the
.bashrc
file already exists, you can directly edit it using the same command.Add your alias: In the
.bashrc
file, add your desired alias in the following format:bashalias alias_name='command_to_run'
For example, if you want to create an alias to list files and directories with additional details, you can add:
bashalias ll='ls -lA'
Save the changes and exit the text editor.
Reload the .bashrc file: To make the changes in the
.bashrc
file take effect, you need to either close and reopen the Cygwin terminal or run the following command to reload the file:bashsource ~/.bashrc
Use the alias: Once you have reloaded the
.bashrc
file, you can use the alias you defined. In this example, you can now use thell
alias to list files and directories with additional details:bashll
This will execute the underlying
ls -lA
command and display the output.
Remember that the aliases defined in the .bashrc
file will be available for your current user account in Cygwin. If you want to make aliases available for all users, you may need to modify the global configuration file (/etc/bash.bashrc
) instead of the user-specific .bashrc
file. However, modifying the global configuration file might require administrative privileges.