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Aliases in Windows command prompt

Windows

you may make the alias(es) persistent with the following steps:

  1. Create a .bat or .cmd file with your DOSKEY commands.
  2. Run regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
  3. Add String Value entry with the name AutoRun and the full path of your .bat/.cmd file.

For example, %USERPROFILE%\alias.cmd, replacing the initial segment of the path with %USERPROFILE% is useful for syncing among multiple machines.

This way, every time cmd is run, the aliases are loaded.

For completeness, here is a template to illustrate the kind of aliases one may find useful. 

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@echo off

:: Temporary system path at cmd startup

:: set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2\"

:: Add to path by command

:: DOSKEY add_python26=set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Python26\"
:: DOSKEY add_python33=set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Python33\"

:: Commands

DOSKEY ls=dir /B
DOSKEY notes = cd Documents/Notes/notes
:: DOSKEY sublime=sublime_text $*
:: sublime_text.exe is name of the executable. By adding a temporary entry to system path, we don't have to write the whole directory anymore.
:: DOSKEY gsp="C:\Program Files (x86)\Sketchpad5\GSP505en.exe"
:: DOSKEY alias=notepad %USERPROFILE%\Dropbox\alias.cmd

:: Common directories

::DOSKEY dropbox=cd "%USERPROFILE%\Dropbox\$*"
::DOSKEY research=cd %USERPROFILE%\Dropbox\Research\

On MAC

On mac the process is similar to a Linux system, I will add more step later for now i will leave the alias and configuration i want to do

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export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/pip3
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/pip3.7
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/name_of_the_user/Library/Python/3.7/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/
alias ls='ls -GFh'
export PS1="\w [\u]➤ "
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad
alias Documents='cd ~/Documents'
alias notes='cd ~/Documents/001.My_notes'
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Git Aliases
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------

alias gall='git add .'
alias gc='git commit -m'
alias gpush='git push origin master'
alias gpull='git pull origin master'