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Set Up Bash Aliases on CentOS

Category: VPS Setup

Create Bash aliases on CentOS to streamline CLI tasks—edit ~/ bashrc with

nano ~/.bashrc

and add lines like alias mysqlroot='mysql -u root -p' for quick MySQL access or alias ftpls='ls -lh /var/ftp' for FTP dir checks Apply changes with

source ~/.bashrc

—test by typing mysqlroot and entering your password expecting the MySQL prompt Add alias pingtest='ping -c 10 8 8 8 8' to monitor latency (<10ms ideal) This boosts efficiency for managing phpMyAdmin or UFW rules saving time on repetitive commands across VPS sessions

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