[DrakkenKorin]

I frequently ssh to the system at school and would really like to cut down on my kestrokes (i.e. be lazy). So instead of ssh -l username servername, I would like to create an alias. However, where do I create it.

I know it were a cShell (csh), I could edit .cshrc and create the alias there, but where would I do it on my Mac?

Thanx!

[itai195]

Edit .cshrc and create the alias there... unless you've switched to a different shell for some reason.

[int69h]

For tcsh:
echo "alias foo 'echo foo'" >> ~/.cshrc

for bash:
echo "alias foo='echo foo'" >> ~/.bashrc

[DrakkenKorin]

>>Edit .cshrc and create the alias there... unless you've switched to a different shell for some reason.

Isn't the default Terminal tcsh? How would I go about changing it to csh, if it's even possible?

>>For tcsh:
echo "alias foo 'echo foo'" >> ~/.cshrc

What does this do?

I know I could change the sell via chsh, but how do I know if I have csh.

Thanks for everyone's help!

[itai195]

tcsh reads the .cshrc file when it starts up just like csh does, so you can put whatever variables or aliases you want to set in there. Just remember to quit and restart Terminal for it to take effect.

[DrakkenKorin]

Ok, next questions: where is the .cshrc file?

I tried locate, but it returned nothing.

[itai195]

It's at the top level of your home directory, at ~/.cshrc

I guess you may have to create one if it isn't already there.