How do I assign alias(es) to my C Shell (csh)?    Syntax for Defining Alias C shell alias examples Managing Alias(es) Syntax for Defining Alias    Alias is a pseudonym or shorthand for a command or series of commands, i.e., a convenient macro for frequently used command or a series of commands. An alias definition affects the current shell execution environment and the execution environments of the subshells of the current shell. The alias definition will not affect the parent process of the current shell nor any utility environment invoked by the shell. For C shell, you can define alias(es) using alias alias_name 'command' syntax in .cshrc file in your root directory. You can define as many aliases as you want (as long as you can remember alias names) in .cshrc. C shell alias examples    Collection of useful aliases For example, to create a simple command alias, first open your .cshrc file in your home directory using any text editor of your choice. alias del 'rm -i' This creates an alias del for the command "rm -i" which prompts you for confirmation that you want to remove a file before it does so. To create a command alias that consists of a series of commands, alias ll '/usr/bin/ls -Flsa |more' This creates an alias ll for the command "ls" with "Flsa" flags and pipe the result to "more" command to display the result one screenful at a time. Of course, you can refer to another command alias within an alias, alias h history alias rev 'h | tail -10' The first command assigns an alias h to the "history" command. The next command assigns another alias rev to the command "h | tail -10". This takes the output from the alias h (= the "history" command) and pipes it through the "tail" command to list the ten most recent commands in the command history. Here an example to pass command arguments to the alias, alias print 'lpr \\!^ -Php4' Now, to print a file to the CEE UCL default printer "hp4," you can enters a command such as: $ print ohboy.f The notation "!^" causes the first argument to the command alias print to be inserted in the command at this point. The command that is carried out is: lpr ohboy.f -Php4 Of course, you can also pass multiple arguments to a command alias. alias mprint 'lpr \\!* -Php4' The notation "!*" causes multiple arguments given to the alias mprint to be inserted in the command. If you enters following command $ mprint ohboy.f headache.txt huge_bug_list.ps the actual command would look like lpr ohboy.f headache.txt huge_bug_list.ps -Php4 Notice that the "!" character is preceeded by a "\\" to prevent it being interpreted by C shell as a metacharacter. The reason is that "!" is one of shell metacharacters that are inetrpreted as something other than the character or symbol by the shell. FYI, here's a list of all metacharacters for C shell. ; & ( ) | ^ < > ~ % { } $ # ' " \ @@ * ? [ ] - ! Newline (a <Return>) Space (a <Space>) Tab (a <Tab>) Managing Alias(es)    To display the value of an alias known to the shell, type; $ alias To display the current value for a particular alias, use the command; $ alias name_of_alias For example, to display the current value of the alias named print; $ alias print lpr \\!^ -Php4 Once alias definition is save in .cshrc, the alias will be in effect next time you login. If you wish to make the alias in effect immediately, update your alias definition by sourcing out .cshrc $ source .cshrc To cancel a command alias during your current login session use the command; $ unalias name_of_alias For example, $ unalias print will cancel the command alias print for your current login session. You will have to remove the alias definition from your .cshrc file if you want to cancel the alias permanently. For further details, RTFM on "alias."