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            "value": "\n          <p>Shell aliases are a useful way to shorten long or complicated commands or to easily add additional arguments when running commands.<\/p>\n\n<p>Common aliases are I see are <code>gs<\/code> for <code>git status<\/code>, <code>a<\/code> for <code>artisan<\/code> and <code>dr<\/code> for <code>drush<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've been experimenting with Zellij for the last day or so, and have written aliases like <code>zl<\/code> for <code>zellij list-sessions<\/code>, but have also added extra arguments such as <code>zellij list-sessions | sort | grep -v EXITED<\/code> to sort the sessions and filter any exited sessions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Running aliases makes it easier and quicker for me to run these commands, and less likely for me to make errors and type incorrectly.<\/p>\n\n<p>The issue with aliases is that you can forget that the underlying commands are if you only type and see <code>gs<\/code> or <code>zl<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's also not easy when giving demos or pair or mob programming for others to see and understand the commands that are being run.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead of aliases, I mostly use abbreviations with zsh-abbr that expand automatically after pressing the space key.<\/p>\n\n<p>That way, I and others get to see and understand the commands being run.<\/p>\n\n<p>I still have some aliases that don't expand but now I use abbreviations as my default approach.<\/p>\n\n        ",
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