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Rasmus Mathiesen
Asked: 2020-05-20 00:45:56 +0800 CST

Make custom list command in terminal

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Is it possible to make a list of applications in terminal so if you enter "games" in terminal it would print a list like:

yetris

pacman4console

gnome-terminal 18.04

1 Answers

  1. You're asking for an alias, or a Shell Script. Perform the following in your bashrc file to add as an alias (assuming, you're using bash):

    Open your .bashrc file with your editor:

    nano ~/.bashrc

    Add the following line:

    alias games="echo 'list' 'of' 'games'"

    You can also alias this to run a script, if you find this easier to manage:

    aliass games="sh /path/to/script"

    You would then simply have the script echo the words in question.

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