Making long command lines into custom lines?

Okay, so my question is, is it possible to make a very long (or any length) command into whatever you like, as in a phrase? I know you can do it in python, but can you do it for ubuntu's terminal command? I would like to shorten a rather lengthing command into a short word, or word phrase. I run a uTorrent server, and i usually have to start it by entering the command to start the internal server. for this, i have to go to a web page, copy and paste it into terminal. So, instead of putting the command, put something like "start utorrent' and it executes the command?

create an alias for your command.

Yep, bash_aliases is the way to go.

If you don't have one already make a file called .bash_aliases in your home folder. then write an alias

Code:

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alias nameyouwilluse='the-command-that-is-super-long-that-the-alias-will-write'

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Then save.
Open up a terminal and if any errors were made it'll tell you off the bat.
Then test it out.

or enter it into the shell before saving it in the file, then you can test it out right away, such as

Code:

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$ alias test="echo it works really"
$ test well
it works really well

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keep in mind that an alias can onoy accept input at the end, so if you want to reference it before that, you have to use a bash script or define a function, but it can still be useful. here's my tracksearch alias to search mpd's current playlist for a song

Code:

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alias tracksearch="alias tracksearch; mpc playlist -f '%position%. (%time%) %artist%: %album% -  %title%' | grep -iE"

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lets me do something like:
http://imageshack.us/a/img541/8539/s...3052600041.png

Awesome! Thanks guys, it worked!! :D