How to Create alias in windows and unix operating system

This article shows how to create a alias in both windows and Unix command prompt.

1. Windows:

1. Open the command prompt. ( Run -> type "cmd" and hit enter.

2. use the below command to create an alias.

            doskey <alias>=<command>

For ex : if i want to set alias sys to connect the database i use the below command.

* doskey sys=sqlplus system/oracle

Now if you type sys it will directly connect to the database by running the sqlplus command.

UNIX:

Now we will see how to create alias in Unix operating system.

1. Login to bash shell.

2. Below is the command used to create an alias in UNIX.

* alias <alias_name>=<command>

For ex : if i want to set l to run the command ls -lrt use the below command.

alias l="ls -lrt"

When you type l it will run the command you have set for this alias.

MBP:~ nirmalg$ alias l="ls -lrt"

MBP:~ nirmalg$ l

total 0

drwxr-xr-x+  4 user1  staff   128 Mar 29 16:37 Public

drwx------+  5 user1  staff   160 Apr  9 22:01 Pictures

drwxr-xr-x   6 user1  staff   192 Apr 24 06:57 Applications

MBP:~ nirmalg$