An alias is a shortcut to entering a command in Linux. You can create an alias as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you now enter the command ll, you will get the same output you would have got if you had entered the command ls -l. If you want to add further arguments or flags that is still possible. The command ll -a will for example produce the same output as typing ls -l -a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get a list of the current aliases you can enter the command<\/p>\n\n\n\n at the command prompt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An alias is a shortcut to entering a command in Linux. You can create an alias as shown below. $ alias ll=’ls -l’ If you now enter the command ll, you will get the same output you would have got if you had entered the command ls -l. If you want to add further arguments … <\/p>\n$ alias ll='ls -l'<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n $ alias<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n