CUSTOMIZING

alias                          Creates a shortcut for a command or series of commands.

Usage: alias displays all specified aliases.

Usage: alias <shortcut> <series of commands>

To include command line arguments in the alias

\!*       for the all command line arguments

\!^      for the first argument

\!$      for the last argument

Eg: alias h ‘history’

alias janus ‘xhost + ; telnet janus.arc.cmu.edu’

alias rm ‘rm -i’

alias my-term ‘xterm -title \!* -bg ivory -fg black’

unalias                     Removes the alias from its bound commands.

Usage: unalias <shortcut>

set                              Sets variables in current shell.

Usage: set <variable>=<value>

echo $variable will print out the value of the variable.

Usage: set: displays all the set variables in the shell.

unset                         Removes value form the variable.

Usage: unset <variable>

stty                             Set the option for a terminal.

Usage: stty erase <desired-key> character erase

stty kill <desired-key> whole line erase

stty werase <desired-key> word erase

set filec                    If filec is set, any partially typed filename can be expanded to its full name whenever esc key is pressed.

Usage: set filec

set prompt              Sets the prompt of the terminal.

Usage: set prompt=<value>.

Eg: set prompt=”[hoda]”

set prompt="\!%“ will show command number

set prompt="<`pwd`> " will show working directory

chsh                          Change Shell.

Usage: chch <username> <newshell>

Eg: chsh hoda tcsh.

source                      Reads commands from a file. Used to reload an updated .cshrc file into the current working shell.

Usage: source filename.

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