How do I create shortcut commands in the Ubuntu terminal?

Question

For example, instead of typing all 5 commands in my terminal:

command 1
command 2
command 3
command 4
command 5

I just want to enter one command that runs all 5 commands above:

command everything

Is that possible? What would I need to edit in Ubuntu to do so?

Answer 1

If you're running a bash shell, you can type

alias commandall='command1 ; command2 ; command3 ; command4; command5'

Then commandall will run these commands

You can put the alias in your ~/.bashrc file and it will be there whenever you log in.

Answer 2

create a bash script.

#!/bin/bash
command1
command2
command3

then set its mode to executable

chmod a+x commandall

then you can call it from the command line

./commandall

if you put it in a directory in your PATH, you can call it like any other command.

~/bin