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'''Alias:'''
An '''alias''' is a '''nickname''' to an existing command or group of commands.<br><br>An alias existing in system memory and will be lost when your current Linux session ends, unless the alias is set in a start-up file (e.g. <span style="font-family:courier;font-weight:bold;">~/.bashrc</span>. You will learn about using start-up files later in this course.<br>
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