Linux – Add User Password as Alias in bashrc File

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I have created alias for username and it works fine

alias yb="ssh name@hostname"

It works fine, but I also want to create alias for password, Can anyone help how can I do this?

Before we start, it's not a good thing to do... you should use ssh keys instead!

You can use sshpass, it's a non-interactive ssh password authentication.

Install it using your package manager, for example in Debian based distributions:

sudo apt install sshpass

then in your bashrc:

alias yb="sshpass -p password_in_plain_text ssh name@hostname"

When you use alias ${alias_line}, the variable is broken up at spaces, ignoring quoting rules.

There are two ways you could fix it:

The second method is better, since it does not limit you to aliases, but also allows defining functions, which are much more powerful.

Surround the content of echo with double quotes. To get a newline before the new alias, use echo -e and insert a newline \n:

echo -e "\nalias cdear='cd | clear'" >> .bashrc