What are aliases and how to create them with examples ?

1.	What are aliases and how to create them with examples ?
Answer» Aliases are abbreviated shortcuts used to represent a COMMAND or a group of COMMANDS executed with or WITHOUT custom options. #Alias for log directory alias logs="cd /USER/application/logs" These aliases can be PUT in the ~/.bash_aliases file. To have the aliased command on any existing terminal, user needs to source ~/.bashrc from the terminal : source ~/.bashrc

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Aliases are abbreviated shortcuts used to represent a COMMAND or a group of COMMANDS executed with or WITHOUT custom options.

#Alias for log directory

alias logs="cd /USER/application/logs"

These aliases can be PUT in the ~/.bash_aliases file.

To have the aliased command on any existing terminal, user needs to source ~/.bashrc from the terminal :

source ~/.bashrc

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