Oh My Zsh multiple commands with one alias

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snakesonatoni picture snakesonatoni · Oct 8, 2013 · Viewed 11.6k times · Source

I'm using Oh My Zsh, and was wondering if there is a way to create a function or alias to run multiple commands. Just as an example, running an 'update' command will update specific gems, but not all of them.

Answer

simont picture simont · Oct 9, 2013

As you've discovered, you can chain commands in a single alias using ;:

alias update_my_gems="echo foo; echo bar"

Alternatively, you can write a function very easily in your ~/.zshrc file:

update_my_gems() {
    echo foo
    echo bar
}

For readability, I'd personally go for a function for anything that's semi-complex.

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