---
title: hydrogen shortcut
description: |-
  Creates a global h2 shortcut for Shopify CLI using shell aliases.

    The following shells are supported:

    - Bash (using `~/.bashrc`)
    - ZSH (using `~/.zshrc`)
    - Fish (using `~/.config/fish/functions`)
    - PowerShell (added to `$PROFILE`)

    After the alias is created, you can call Shopify CLI from anywhere in your project using `h2 <command>`.
api_name: shopify-cli
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/hydrogen/hydrogen-shortcut'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/hydrogen/hydrogen-shortcut.md'
---

# hydrogen shortcutcommand

Creates a global h2 shortcut for Shopify CLI using shell aliases.

The following shells are supported:

* Bash (using `~/.bashrc`)
* ZSH (using `~/.zshrc`)
* Fish (using `~/.config/fish/functions`)
* PowerShell (added to `$PROFILE`)

After the alias is created, you can call Shopify CLI from anywhere in your project using `h2 <command>`.

### Examples

* #### hydrogen shortcut

  ##### hydrogen shortcut

  ```bash
  shopify hydrogen shortcut
  ```