Aliases / Macros in Terminal -- In Depth
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Onto the real description: Here's how to create your very own alias (or macro) in Terminal. This allows you to type one easy word or phrase into Terminal, and have it enter either a long command or a set of commands in its place.
Below are some helpful resources discussed in the video!
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Links:
Sublime Text: https://www.sublimetext.com
Commands used:
(Note: Change this one to reflect your own folders. For instance, if you had a plants folder on your desktop, it would read 'cd ~/Desktop/plants" or something of that nature! (ha puns))
alias sheetmusic='cd ~/Desktop/Audio/Sheet\ Music && echo "Now you are in the Sheet Music directory!"'
alias printstuff='echo "Hello, World!" && echo "Hello, World!"'
alias speedtest='wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/...
alias sbg='/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &'
alias qsbg='killall ScreenSaverEngine'
alias sub='sublime'