Aliases

Edit .bashrc in your home directory
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edit /etc/bashrc if you wish to add a global alias (you must be root).

Enter the following aliases:

alias nano='nano -w'
alias la='ls -a —color'

Note that you can use the semicolon (;) to have an alias run multiple commands:

alias cls='clear; ls'

Either login again
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enter . .bashrc in your home directory
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enter source .bashrc in your home directory
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enter . bashrc if you're root & in /etc
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enter source bashrc if you're root & in /etc

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