Using bash aliases in Linux can save time and having to remember complex commands - and it can be fun, too. Want to get work done a little faster, spend less time remembering commands and maybe even ...

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 ...

Discover the Bash shortcuts terminal experts rely on daily. Master navigation, history, aliases, and tab completion to work faster in 2026.

Keeping up with my workload is a constant challenge, and in order to maintain my sanity, I've had to come up with all sorts of tricks to speed up parts of my workflow that can eat into my day. Part of ...

I want to set up an alias to delete the squid source code directory after "sudo make install", but neither of the following is working. Both return "rm: No such file or directory". Presumably "cd .." ...

Aliases are a great way to make complicated or long Linux commands easier. Here's an example of how you can use aliases to update and upgrade your Linux operating system. That’s not too much to type.

TechRepublic's 10 Things blog posts 10 shortcut ideas for Linux users (and Terminal-friendly OS X hackers) to make the terminal a friendlier, faster place to work. To use them, open up the .bashrc ...

For all other shells, it reads ~/.bashrc. OS X may have patched their bash to read /etc/bashrc by default as well, but not everyone does this. I would presume when ~/.xinitrc gets run, it's not a ...

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