From the `bash(1)` man page:
ALIASES
Aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as
the first word of a simple command. [...]
So `bash` aliases do not have this capability, nor does `bash` have a trivial `pre-exec` capability (but [see here](https://superuser.com/questions/175799/does-bash-have-a-hook-that-is-run-before-executing-a-command) for a hack though).
As a *partial* workaround you may be able to use a *completion* function, here's a minimal starting point:
function _comp_cd() {
local cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} # the current token
[[ $cur =~ \.\.\. ]] && {
cur=${cur/.../..\/..}
COMPREPLY=( $cur )
return
}
COMPREPLY=() # let default kick in
}
complete -o bashdefault -o default -F _comp_cd cd
Now when you hit tab on a `cd` command and the word under the cursor contains "...", each will be replaced with "../..". Completion suffers from a slight problem too though (excluding its complexity) which you can probably guess from the above, you need to specify it on a command by command basis.
The [bash-completion package](https://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/) uses a default completion handler, with on-the-fly loading of completion functions to deal with this. If you're feeling adventurous you should be able to modify its internal function `_filedir()` function which is used for general file/directory expansion so as to include a similar substitution "...".
(All of which reminds of the NetWare shell, which made "..." Just Work.)