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.
I’m on OSX and I need to put something like this, alias blah=/usr/bin/blah in
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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
aliasor afunctionin your startup script file.MacOS 10.13 High Sierra and earlier:
The default shell is bash. Usually the startup script file is
.bashrc,.bash_loginor.profilefile in your home directory.Since these files are hidden you will have to do an
ls -ato list them. If you don’t have one you can create one.If I remember correctly, when I had bought my Mac, the
.bash_loginfile wasn’t there. I had to create it for myself so that I could putprompt 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_profileto create your new file..bash_profilewith your favorite editor (or you can just typeopen -e .bash_profileto open it in TextEdit.. .bash_profileto reload.bash_profileand update any alias you add.