[aquaclear]

Okay maybe the title is not 100% what I want to say but this is what I want to do.

I type in a command to execute a process on my ibook. But instead of having to type this long command over and trying to remember the command, is there a way to create a substitute command to execute this long command?

ie.

> passwd guest ###############################

so instead of having to type the above, I want to just type

> passwdguest

and so this command would actually execute

> passwd guest ###############################

I know something exist but I can't think of it to look it up.

Thanks

[int69h]

They're called aliases.

for tcsh (the default)
Add a line like this to .cshrc in your home directory.

Code:
alias passwdguest "passwd guest ###############################"

for bash
Add a line like this to .bashrc in your home directory.

Code:
alias passwdguest="passwd guest ###############################"

Open a new termical window for the changes to take affect, or you can type source ~/.cshrc or source ~/.bashrc for bash.

Lots of info to be had by typing man tcsh.

[bygimis]

Originally posted by aquaclear:

I type in a command to execute a process on my ibook. But instead of having to type this long command over and trying to remember the command, is there a way to create a substitute command to execute this long command?

Alternatively you could create a shell script that does the task for you. This also allows you to have more than one task under one command!

For example

#!/bin/sh

echo "Showing my home"
cd /home/james
ls

echo "Showing bin"
cd /usr/bin
ls

Saved as a text file called "view.sh" with executable permission would let you type

./view.sh

and do all the commands!

./