Web Dev Tips

Alias are abbreviated commands that can be used instead of too long ones in the terminal. For example, I often use run bejs instead of bundle exec jekyll serve.

I use cmd.exe with clink extension (should work without it). Tested in Windows 10/11.

Create init.cmd file in your OS user folder
```
C:\Users\YourName\init.cmd
```
You can put it in different place (i put it in repos folder).

Example of file contents:

@echo off
doskey c=cls
doskey d=cd %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
doskey e=explorer $*
doskey jp=cd C:\John\Pictures
doskey l=dir /a $* 

Each doskey set alias. Синтаксис doskey alias=command.

Now you need to register it in order to apply it automatically on cmd.exe startup

Execute:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" /v AutoRun /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%"USERPROFILE"%\init.cmd" /f 

Make sure the path to init.cmd is right

Reload cmd

That’s it, now alias should work

To undo registration:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" /v AutoRun

For PowerShell:

function bundleExecJekyllServe {
    bundle exec jekyll serve
}
New-Alias bejs bundleExecJekyllServe

function runW3CValidatorServer {
    D:/Webdev/vnu-runtime-image/bin/java nu.validator.servlet.Main 8888
}
New-Alias valid runW3CValidatorServer

You can also set environment variables.

Alias for cmd/powershell CLI

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