Unix Alias

Create Unix Alias to get rid of entering long paths every time.

Login into su
prompt>cd
prompt>vi .bash_profile

alias tcb2='cd /local/apps/tomcat/apache-tomcat-7.0.23-2/bin'
alias logs2='cd /local/apps/tomcat/apache-tomcat-7.0.23-2/logs'
alias tclogs2='tail -f /local/apps/tomcat/apache-tomcat-7.0.23-2/logs/catalina.out'

prompt>. .bash_profile

Next time, you do not need to enter complete path like cd /local/apps/tomcat/apache-tomcat-7.0.23-2/bin just type "tcb2" and will be in directory.