Apple - How to create a bash alias on OS X?

I've found that I can do this by editing the .bash_profile file.

Just added:

alias my_alias='cd /my/really/long/long/path

to .bash_profile, and after reopening bash my alias command worked just fine.

1. nano ~/.bash_profile
2. alias my_alias= 'ssh [email protected]'
3. ctrl + x , then press y and enter to save.

4. Don't forget to reload the file with:

   source ~/.bash_profileor . ~/.bash_profile

5. Then test the alias.