<div>On 3/12/08, Owen Townend <<a href="mailto:owen.townend@gmail.com">owen.townend@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> <div> <div>On 3/12/08, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <<a href="mailto:i-ubux@synass.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">i-ubux@synass.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> Hi Linux / Ubuntu experts & users How and where can I add a short version of "exit" ? I am used to short versions of x for exit and q for quit or sd for shutdown or sb for setboot !!! Your advise and hints are very appreciated. ;-) Cheers, svobi -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> </div>Hey, `alias` is your friend. You can set alias's in your ~/.profile or .bashrc Something like this should work. `alias x='exit' q='quit' sd='shutdown -h now' sb='shutdown -r now'`</blockquote> <div> edit ^^ rb='shutdown -r now' </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> or just `alias kthxbye='shutdown -h now kthxbye; exit' cheers, Owen. </blockquote></div>