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Is it possible to alias a username on Linux?

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Mar 15, 202625082 views
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I'm not sure if this has a practical application at all (aside from the fact that I am lazy. you know "christopher" has 11 characters, and I want to type 1), but is it possible to alias a username on Linux? (So I could, for example, as opposed to .) I currently use Ubuntu as my primary machine, but…

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Create a file named and put this in there: Now you only have to type and it does the same thing! You can also use a wildcard:

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