They’re called “aliases.” They’re essentially shortcuts to commonly typed sequences that can be as short as one letter.
While it’s hardly a solution to all your complaints, BASH (and most other Unix terminals) offer a solution to the issue of typing long commands. As such, some people just never really like the terminal. Typing `ssh is never going to feel as fast as hitting a “connect” button, for example. One of the most obviously annoying things about the terminal - especially to those of us living in the age of touch and GUIs - is how much you need to type. So we’ll quickly and effectively walk you through how to make BASH aliases. In the “terminal” world, Bash aliases solve a common problem: wanting to do things quicker and more effectively. p) In the world of “command line interfaces,” Bash has been the go-to standard for decades, and is still the most common “terminal” in use. This Quick Guide covers a common question whose lingo may confuse newbies: how do I make a Bash shell alias? For those for whom that sentence was Greek-let start here: Bash is the “ Bourne Again Shell.” (There’s not relationship to the Matt Damon movie character, for better or worse.
