I'm on OSX and I need to put something like this, alias blah="/usr/bin/blah"
in a config file but I don't know where the config file is.
You can add an alias
or a function
in your startup script file. Usually this is .bashrc
, .bash_login
or .profile
file in your home directory.
Since these files are hidden you will have to do an ls -a
to list them. If you don't have one you can create one.
If I remember correctly, when I had bought my Mac, the .bash_login
file wasn't there. I had to create it for myself so that I could put prompt info
, alias
, functions
, etc. in it.
Here are the steps if you would like to create one:
cd ~/
to go to your home foldertouch .bash_profile
to create your new file..bash_profile
with your favorite editor (or you can just type open -e .bash_profile
to open it in TextEdit.. .bash_profile
to reload .bash_profile
and update any alias you add.