Smooth Lines in PS

In Illustrator you draw a line and Illustrator will automatically smooth out the line so it looks clean and smooth.
My question: Is there an equivalent command in Photoshop?
Note: I am using CS6

Your question is a bit on the terse side, but I think what you're wanting is vector-based graphics, which you achieve in Photoshop via paths and vector masks shape layers.
Are you having specific trouble with the aliasing? That might require setting the RGB blending in the Color options to gamma 1.0.
You're wanting this kind of result?
-Noel

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