Create putty status display (service control)

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/camera-status

#!/bin/bash

show_service()
{
    local label="$1"
    local unit="$2"
    local active
    local enabled
    local state

    active="$(systemctl is-active "$unit" 2>/dev/null || true)"
    enabled="$(systemctl is-enabled "$unit" 2>/dev/null || true)"

    if [ "$active" = "active" ]; then
        state="ACTIVATED"
    else
        state="DEACTIVATED"
    fi

    printf "%-20s %-12s boot: %s\n" "$label:" "$state" "$enabled"
}

echo
echo "================ CAMERA STATUS ================"
show_service "Motion detection" "motion-camera.service"
show_service "Aim stream"       "aim-camera.service"
show_service "Timelapse"        "timelapse-camera.service"

echo
echo "Commands:"
echo "  motion-on       motion-off"
echo "  aim-on          aim-off"
echo "  timelapse-on    timelapse-off"
echo "  camera-status"
echo "================================================"
echo

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/camera-status

create the commands

nano ~/.bashrc

Append at the bottom

# Camera service commands
alias motion-on='sudo systemctl start motion-camera.service'
alias motion-off='sudo systemctl stop motion-camera.service'

alias aim-on='sudo systemctl start aim-camera.service'
alias aim-off='sudo systemctl stop aim-camera.service'

alias timelapse-on='sudo systemctl start timelapse-camera.service'
alias timelapse-off='sudo systemctl stop timelapse-camera.service'

alias camera-status='/usr/local/bin/camera-status'

# Show camera status when opening PuTTY/SSH.
if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
    /usr/local/bin/camera-status
fi

Now apply:

source ~/.bashrc