I was reading my default .bashrc file, and found the following:
# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi
This suggested that I wanted a .bash_aliases file for my aliases, so I set one up:
jj5@sixsigma:~$ cat .bash_aliases
alias home='cd ~'
alias jj5='cd /var/www/www.jj5.net/'
alias profile='cd /var/www/www.jj5.net/profile/'
alias chomsky='vim /var/www/www.jj5.net/profile/chomsky/index.html'
alias henney='vim /var/www/www.jj5.net/profile/henney/index.html'
alias lakoff='vim /var/www/www.jj5.net/profile/lakoff/index.html'
alias norvig='vim /var/www/www.jj5.net/profile/norvig/index.html'
This is my basic “CMS” system for http://www.jj5.net/profile/.