Using bash aliases to shorten lengthy commands
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I remember my times using Lumen. I did not know composer scripts back then so I had to type vendor/bin/phpunit painstakingly when running my tests.
I used bash aliases to shorten commands. I have the alias created on my Dockerfile on build-time. Like so:
# Add bash alias for PHPUnit
RUN echo 'alias phpunit="vendor/bin/phpunit"' >> ~/.bashrc
RUN source ~/.bashrc
After building the image, there is no need to type the lengthy command anymore. Just run the new alias and my tests would run as usual!
$ phpunit
Moreover, you can make use of the same technique and create bash aliases for other lengthy commands in your Docker container.
