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How to Add an Alias to Zsh⚓

Summary⚓

I'm adding this article here because I'm using Zsh in Manjaro, but this could apply to any *nix system.

Adding an Alias⚓

When adding an alias, it needs to be added to the shell configuration file; in this case, it would be ~/.zshrc.

Open the configuration file with Nano

sudo nano ~/.zshrc

In my case, there was already a section at the very bottom of the configuration file for aliases. If not, it can just be noted like the following:

# Aliases

alias ls="ls -la"
alias lst="exa --tree"

These are currently the two aliases I have running through Zsh. The syntax for adding aliases is listed below:

  • 'ls' denotes the alias you'd like to use to alias the command "ls -la".
  • 'lst' denotes the alias you'd like to use to alias the command "exa --tree"

Save the .zshrc file and reload the shell with the following command:

source ~/.zshrc

Tip

This process is nearly the same on MacOS, although the command should be written in single quotes, not double...

ex: alias ls='ls -lsa'

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