... if [ -f "${HOME}/.bash_aliases" ]; then . "${HOME}/.bash_aliases" fi ... #### ... alias vi='vim' alias view='vim -R' ... alias perle='perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -Mautodie=:all -MCarp::Always -E' alias perlb='perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e' ... alias apache_up='/usr/sbin/apachectl start' alias apache_down='/usr/sbin/apachectl stop' ...