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Exercise: Create a Bash Alias

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Create a Bash Alias

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Let's get some practice with modifying our .bash_profile by creating some useful command aliases.

Create an alias so that anywhere in the terminal you can type class and it will automatically cd into your WDI code directory
Create an alias to cd directly into a projects directory inside of your WDI code folder

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Open up your .bash_profile in the editor by typing the command atom ~/.bash_profile
Remember that you can create an alias for any command by following the format: alias [alias_name]="[command_to_run]"
Anytime you modify the .bash_profile, you need to remember to either source ~/.bash_profile the file or run the command reload for the new changes to take effect

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