Quick tip on command line short cut in OS X

How many times you’ve type “ssh www.mywebsite.com -l username -p 23423″? want to simplify that?

Here is how you can simplify your shell command:

1. go to shell, type : vi ~/.bash_profile

2. in the following vi editor window, press “a” to switch to insertion mode.

3. put in your short cut command line by line: example: alias sshmyweb=’ssh www.mywebsite.com -l username -p 23423′

4. finish and save your shortcut config by press “ESC” in vim window, then type “:wq”, press enter.

start a new shell window, type in “sshmyweb” and see the magic

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