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Difference between eval and alias commands
what are the differences between eval and alias commands?
Examples:
x=‘ls -d -l $HOME’
$x
eval $x
alias y=‘ls -l -d $HOME’
y
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Why is aliasing over standard commands not recommended?
For example, a common alias I've seen in the ~/.bashrc file (or equivalents) is
alias rm='rm -i'
However, I've seen people recommend against this because
the alias might not exist on another ...
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3answers
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What are commands to find shell keywords, built in functions and user defined functions?
I was discussing with my friend on how the commands are parsed in the shell, and he told me that bash searches the command in following order
List of aliases
List of shell keywords
List of ...
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How can I use grep to search for lines that start with a certain character in bash
I want an alias ('ggg') that will look through my existing set of aliases and tell me all the ones that begin with g. I have a lot of g* aliases :)
I tried this: alias ggg='alias | grep ^g' but ...
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3answers
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How to add system alias?
I have this alias in my .zshrc:
alias grim='gvim --remote'
But this is not seen from ranger file manager, I believe that ranger runs a 'generic' shell skipping my .zshrc. I want to make this alias ...
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4answers
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How can I create an alias for a command that includes a space?
Most of my my aliases are of this form: alias p='pwd'
I want to alias git commit so that it does git commit -v
But trying to create an alias with a space gives an error:
$ alias 'git commit'='git ...
2
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1answer
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awk function with a number parameter for the column you want to print
I want to use my awk shortcut as a function, so that I can pass the column number which then prints me the output. My aliases are:
alias A="| awk '{print \$1}'
alias G="| grep -i'
Instad of typing:
...
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1answer
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How can I add an alias for my pwd to an existing file?
I want to add another alias to my "aliases" file for the directory I'm currently in (Present Working Directory)
I've tried
printf "alias aaa=cd " + pwd >> myfile
It's close, but I end up ...
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6answers
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Run a command that is shadowed by an alias
Let's say i have the following alias in bash - alias ls='ls --color=auto' - and i want to call ordinary ls without options. Is the only way to do that is to unalias, do the command and then alias ...
3
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1answer
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creating abbreviations for commonly used paths
I am new to linux and was wondering whether it is possible to create abbreviations that can be used in terminal. I know about alias command, but am not sure whether that can be used for what I am ...
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Quick directory navigation in the terminal
I would like to frequently switch between directories that are in totally unrelated paths, for example /Project/Warnest/docs/ and ~/Dropbox/Projects/ds/test/.
But I don't want to type cd ...
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2answers
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How can I install the `ll` command on Mac OS X?
I'm using Mac OS X. When I SSH into servers I find the ll command useful, but it's not available on my local machine. How can I install it?
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2answers
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Unix alias with parameters [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to pass parameters to an alias?
I'm wondering if it is possible to define an alias with parameters.
For example, when I have to compile a tex file I execute ...
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3answers
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For a same unix or linux user, different sets of environment variables
I'm using tcsh, and for a specific project every member of my team connects to a server with the same user. (This is something we cannot change).
The situation arises because I want to have some ...
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4answers
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Change command-line “environment” to programs command
In a console, is it possible to change into a commands "environment"? To explain, I take "git" as an example. While programming and using a git repository, I change to the repos path and then do many ...
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2answers
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Combine two commands in .bash_profile
In my .bash_profile file, I'd like to setup a single command alias that is two commands that execute one after another. The first command takes an argument from the command line and the second is ...
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1answer
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How to reset a shell environment?
This issue has been bugging me for a while, and although I've taught I've found my answer through EnvWatcher, unfortunately it only works on Bash. And I use zsh.
I would like to replicate the things ...
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1answer
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Git - remove deleted files
I'm using this simple git alias
rmdel = "!git rm $(git ls-files -d)"
meant "remove deleted", i.e. to remove from the staging area all files deleted from the file system. It works fine except ...
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2answers
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How do I temporarily bypass an alias in tcsh?
I am using tcsh. bash and zsh and other suggestions won't help here.
I have several aliases that are named the same thing as another command, so if I did unalias it, typing the same thing would now ...
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1answer
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Aliases for programs in /sbin/
I have a weird problem, unfortuantely I don't know what I did to cause this, since I tried out lots of stuff on my Linux (Archlinux, 2.6.38 kernel).
The problem is: My shell is not finding programs in ...
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1answer
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How do I get which to show aliases? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use which on an aliased command?
I'm used to working on systems where which would list aliases, so e.g. if I have an alias like this:
alias ...
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3answers
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How to use `which` on an aliased command?
Like most users, I have a bunch of aliases set up to give a default set of flags for frequently used programs. For instance,
alias vim='vim -X'
alias grep='grep -E'
alias ls='ls -G'
The problem is ...
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3answers
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su and aliases confusion
I create an alias as my current user in the bash shell, which I can see using the alias command.
When I switch user without the -, i.e. su testuser, the alias is not carried into the new user's ...
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3answers
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How can I turn the behavior of `gedit sOmEtHiNg & disown` into the default behavior when calling gedit from the command line?
When I gedit files from the command line, it's always locking the terminal, and I'm tired of explicitly commanding a detached process for it.
I tried to alias gedit as something like gedit $* & ...
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2answers
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aliasing cd to pushd - is it a good idea?
Is it a good idea to use the following alias:
cd() {
pushd $1;
}
in bash?
I think this would be very useful, since I can then use a series of popds instead of just a cd - once.
Is there any ...
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1answer
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bash functions vs scripts
This site says, "Shell functions are faster [than aliases]. Aliases are looked up after functions and thus resolving is slower. While aliases are easier to understand, shell functions are preferred ...
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3answers
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How to pass parameters to an alias?
For bash script, I can use "$@" to access arguments. What's the equivalent when I use an alias?
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3answers
1k views
Share aliases and PATH setting between zsh and bash
The shell that I normally use is zsh. I have several aliases to enable color in some programs such as ls and grep. I've also set my custom path so that I can execute programs in non-standard place ...
