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chrisaiv on 05/13/08


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Creating a Simple Alias in Terminal

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I use terminal for SFTP because I'm cheap and I don't want to purchase Transmit. SFTP works just fine but the problem is that I get tired of having to type [bash]$ sftp chrisaiv@blah.com:/directory/subdirectory/ so instead I've made an alias. First things first, in terminal using Textmate, type [bash]$ mate ~/.bash_alias. Next paste the code below. After you save the file, type [bash]$ ~/.bash_profile and past the second line of code. After you restart your terminal, you should only have to type the alias nickname and whala!


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  1. #Place this in ~/.bash_alias
  2. alias nickname='sftp chrisaiv@domain.com:/public_html/directory/subdirectory/'
  3.  
  4. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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  6. #Place this in ~/.bash_profile
  7. source $HOME/.bash_alias

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