Installing is easy just add:

alias updog="sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y"

to your .bashrc or .zshrc

  • discomatic
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    11 year ago

    Wait… what? I didn’t even consider this could be an option. Is anyone willing to point me at some accurate information about how to get started? Like… where do I put a bash file, and how is it structured? How can I automate it? So many questions. I’m only sort of familiar with bash, as in I’ve seen the term and watched my coworker do some wizardry once.

    • I think this is an easier way to do it:

      add this to a file called .bash_aliases instead (it should be a file right next to .bashrc, if not just create it)

      You can add aliases to .bashrc with this, but I personally perfer to have aliases in their own file

      Another thing, if you have a console window open while adding it, restart it so that the console is aware of the aliases. Alternatively, google something like “sourcing bashrc” or “sourcing aliases” and apply the commands you find

      If you wish to add aliases to a bash script (for later automation), you add these two lines

      shopt -s expand_aliases

      source ~/.bash_aliases

      but of course add this to the top of your bash scripts, so that your script knows to use the bash shell:

      #!/bin/bash