How to create alias in Mac Terminal?

Question

Every time I type cd folder or cd .. I would like it to immediately run ls after.

Is there a way to do that?

Answer 1

Reposting the answer from another post

Put this in .zshrc to create alias for cl:

#print contents after moving to given directory
cl()
{
    cd $@
    ls
}

To override cd (not recommended), put this in .zshrc:

#print contents after moving to given directory
cd()
{
    builtin cd $@
    ls
}