Alias commands in Mac OSX Terminal

To add an alias (shortcut) to a command in Terminal do the following

alias myServer=’echo ssh myServer.wetware.co.nz;ssh myServer.wetware.co.nz’

Notice that I echo the command before executing it, this is to reduce confusion when you call an alias which does something you forgot it did..

[Update]
Well that worked, but not for long.  If you exit terminal, you lose it.  So add it to your ~/.profile (if you don’t have that file make one..)

Posted on March 3, 2009 at 12:51 pm by Jordan Carter · Permalink
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  1. Written by Fabian
    on June 10, 2009 at 5:06 am
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    It worked nicely. Only caveat is to switch the ’ symbol for the ‘ symbol.

    Thank you so much.

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