Alias for Kate editor

Question

How can I create an alias in .bashrc for Kate editor, in order not to write kate file1 file2, but k file1 file2 for opening those files.

Answer 1

Add alias k='kate'. Here is a link to some more information on bash aliases.

You can't pass a parameter into an alias. You can do the cd dir_name"=>"cd dir_name; ls -l with a function and an alias like so

mcd () { cd "$1" && ls -l; }
alias cd='mcd'

That will only execute the ls -l if the cd is successful.

Answer 2

Alias is not safe and flexible. I always use the function.

$c() { cat $*; }
$b() { cd "$1" && ls -l; }
$ b /tmp
total 0