Aliases are very handy techniques to quickly get your terminal commands executed. With the help of aliases, you can execute large/multiple commands at the same time with just a word. So here's how you can create aliases in Windows Powershell:
New-Alias -Name <alias_keyword> -Value <command_or_path_to_executable>
The syntax is just this simple.
In my case, I used alias to setup shortcuts for adb and scrcpyy commands as follows:
adb: New-Alias -Name adb -Value "D:\Utilities\platform-tools\adb.exe"
scrcpy: New-Alias -Name scrcpy -Value "D:\Utilities\scrcpy-win64-v2.4\scrcpy.exe"
*NOTE: This command will only set aliases for the current session and will reset on terminal close/restart.*
So solution for this is to add above commands to your powersell profile like this:
- Open powershell and enter command:
notepad $PROFILE - If it says, the file doesn't exist or such, then create the file.
- Then copy and paste alias-setting commands on separate lines on the profile file.
- Save the file and it's done.
What this does is that this creates those aliases for you each time you open powershell and you can use them right away.