Setting aliases for commands installed with MacPorts

overview

To distinguish it from your usual environment, define aliases for the commands used in MacPorts.

procedure

1. Creating an Alias ​​File
2. Check if it was created
3. Importing an Alias ​​File
4. Check if the setting was successful

1. Creating an alias file

Create an alias file in your home folder and add the string you want to set to the alias file.

mkdir ~/bashrc_folder
touch ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
echo 'alias hello_macports_alias="echo hello_macports_alias"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

2. Check if it was created

Make sure that the bashrc_folder folder exists in your home folder and that the echoed string appears in the macports_alias file.

ls -l ~
cat ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

3. Importing an Alias ​​File

Open a terminal and set up an alias with the following command

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

4. Check if the setting was successful

Run the hello_macports_alias command and if it displays hello_macports_alias, it’s OK.

hello_macports_alias

Points to note

Please note that the alias file will be cleared when you close the terminal, so you will need to reload the alias file the next time you open the terminal.