Questions tagged [alias]
An alias is essentially nothing more than a keyboard shortcut, an abbreviation, a means of avoiding typing a long command sequence. This can save a great deal of typing at the command-line and avoid having to remember complex combinations of commands and options.
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How to wrap source command in tcsh
I need a solution only for tcsh. Say I have a source file that sources other files which in their turn can source other files. My goal is to track which files were eventually sourced. One way I can do ...
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How to prevent side effects when using an alias (e.g. cat aliased to batcat)?
I want to alias cat to batcat. Yet I do not want to break any script on my system that may depend on cat. How to ensure that it won't break existing scripts? I am on an Ubuntu machine on a bash ...
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How can I temporarily bypass an alias of a keyword in Bash?
If I alias a keyword, I can't figure out how to bypass it. $ alias if='echo "GOTCHA!"; if' $ if true; then echo y; fi GOTCHA! y The usual tools for bypassing an alias, like escaping, ...
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Unavailable executable still remains
Please note: This is not a question related to pip or python. I am trying to make sense of why I see a "permission error" instead of "path not found" error. I have done many ...
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Unable to Execute Multiple Alias Commands Simultaneously
I'm encountering an issue where I'm unable to execute multiple alias commands at the same time in my shell environment. For example, when I try to run two alias commands together, only one seems to ...
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Why doesn't bash recognize alias in interactive mode?
How is this possible? styx@LouSTyx:…$ GCOM "\pushdict now ignores prefix macro." GCOM : commande introuvable styx@LouSTyx:…$ type GCOM GCOM est un alias vers « git commit -a -m »
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Alias for rm does not include file name with @$ [duplicate]
I am trying to create an alias for the rm command in the /root/.bashrc file on a VirtualBox Redhat VM (running RHEL 9). I cannot get it to work properly. This is an excerpt of my .bashrc file: alias ...
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Bash profile seems not to be loaded when -c option is present
There are a fair bit of similar questions, but I can't find spec for this particular case. I'm writing a shell script to verify bash configuration. For exmaple, I add test_alias to ~/.bashrc, which is ...
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In a bash alias, how do I run "apt autoremove" automatically after "apt upgrade" only if needed?
I have two alias in my Debian's .bashrc: alias upd='sudo apt update && apt list --upgradable' alias upg='sudo apt upgrade' Then I use upd to update and display all upgradable packages, and ...
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How to define a recursive alias in csh (intentionally!)
It is known that attempting to invoke a custom alias inside itself (be it directly; or indirectly via intermediate aliases that call each other) would cause an "Alias loop." error, and ...
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How to expand a Bash alias given as an argument?
I probably approach this problem wrong. I update my Linux machines with bash aliases like: alias upg-pi='\ssh -c [email protected] -C -i $ssh_identity -o ConnectTimeout=$ssh_timeout root@$...
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'which' vs. 'type -a'
There is a 2022 article by a guy who is a senior developer, and there he has the following alias in his zsh config: alias which='type -a' But zsh has which by default, and if we use this which like ...
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zsh alias causes error if used in fish
I have the following aliases in my zsh: alias -- -='cd -' alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' When I switch to fish, by manually typing fish and pressing Return, the first alias causes an error: - (...
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append newline to bash alias
Im finding great difficulty in adding a new line character to my bash alias in my ~/.bashrc file alias mip="curl ifconfig.me/ip" I want a newline to be inserted after the above script, so ...
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Inheriting path modifications vs. Inheriting aliases
My login shell is zsh. I have added the following two lines to my .zprofile file: path+=$HOME/foobar123 alias foo='echo bar' Then, if I switch to bash or fish, by typing bash or fish and pressing ...
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