I use alias for simple day to day things that I have to do. Simple use cases: alias la='ls -al' alias somefolder='cd blah/blah/blah' Less typing. Nothing too

I use alias for simple day to day things that I have to do. Simple use cases: alias la='ls -al' alias somefolder='cd blah/blah/blah' Less typing. Nothing too crazy. What he is doing with more complex features, I wouldn't look to simplify with .bashrc.