Creating Aliases on a Mac
Creating Aliases on a Mac is an easy thing to do & can save a lot of time. When working in Terminal or another command line app, you may want to set up an alias to make your workflows easier.
To do this you'll want to set up a .bash_profile
:
- Run
vi ~/.bash_profile
in your command line app of choice, or [text editor of choice] ~/.bash_profile - This will open up your
bash profile
invi
or yourtext editor
to be edited
If you'd like to use a text editor but don't have one that opens instead of vi
checkout this post
Here's a look at part of my .bash_profile
:
# -------
# mySQL
# -------
export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
# -------
# host setups
# -------
alias hosts="sublime /etc/hosts"
alias vhosts="sublime /etc/apache2/vhosts"