Multiple commands in an alias for bash

Question

I\'d like to define an alias that runs the following two commands consecutively.

gnome-screensaver
gnome-screensaver-command --lock

Right

Answer 1

So use a semi-colon:

alias lock='gnome-screensaver; gnome-screen-saver-command --lock'

This doesn't work well if you want to supply arguments to the first command. Alternatively, create a trivial script in your $HOME/bin directory.