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[alias] Run and understand. Execute a command with any name using the alias command

created-2025/11/12 updated-2026/03/21

Introduction

This repository allows you to run commands under an alias by running the alias command.

Commands that need to be installed

None in particular

Quickstart

Run the alias command and execute the hello command you set.

ubuntu

alias hello='echo "hello ubuntu alias command"'
hello
Output results
hello ubuntu alias command

macos

MacPorts

alias hello='echo "hello macos alias command"'
hello
Output results
hello macos alias command

windows

WSL2

alias hello='echo "hello windows alias command"'
hello
Output results
hello windows alias command

MSYS2 MINGW64

alias hello='echo "hello windows alias command"'
hello
Output results
hello windows alias command

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

Nothing in particular

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

Nothing in particular

command

Execute the following command to output a string like this:

alias hello='echo "hello ubuntu alias command"'
hello
detail
hello ubuntu alias command

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

Nothing in particular

*MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

Nothing in particular

command

Execute the following command to output a string like this:

alias hello='echo "hello macos alias command"'
hello
detail
hello macos alias command

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
Nothing in particular
MSYS2 MINGW64
Nothing in particular

*Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
Nothing in particular
MSYS2 MINGW64
Nothing in particular

command

Run the following command to output the details:

WSL2
alias hello='echo "hello windows alias command"'
hello
detail
hello windows alias command
MSYS2 MINGW64
alias hello='echo "hello windows alias command"'
hello
detail
hello windows alias command

Afterword

After executing the alias command, you should be able to execute the hello command. Try closing and reopening the terminal and executing the hello command again to confirm that it does not work.

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