The alias built-in in shells, used to define shortcuts for frequently used commands.
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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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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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In Bash, when to alias, when to script, and when to write a function?
It's taken me almost 10 years of Linux usage to ask this question. It was all trial and error and random late-night internet surfing.
But people shouldn't need 10 years for this. If I were just ...
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How to have tail -f show colored output
I'd like to be able to tail the output of a server log file that has messages like:
INFO
SEVERE
etc, and if it's SEVERE, show the line in red; if it's INFO, in green. What kind of alias can I ...
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How do I get bash completion for command aliases?
I am looking to get tab-completion on my command line aliases, for example, say I defined the following alias :
alias apt-inst='sudo aptitude install'
Is there a way to get the completions ...
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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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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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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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Is it possible to use a parameter within an alias command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to pass parameters to an alias?
As answered in Can less retain colored output? I want to use git diff --color=always filename | less -r to get a colored output of my ...
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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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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 ...
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Why doesn't my Bash script recognize aliases?
In my ~/.bashrc file reside two definitions:
commandA, which is an alias to a longer path
commandB, which is an alias to a Bash script
I want to process the same file with these two commands, so I ...
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Grep alias - line numbers unless it's in a pipeline
I want to create a bash alias for grep that adds line numbers:
alias grep='grep -n'
But that, of course, adds line numbers to pipelines as well. Most of the time (and no exceptions come to mind) I ...
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Forcing an 'added' alias to every command
Is it possible to forcibly add a timing alias (for lack of a better way to phrase it) to every command in bash?
For example, I would like to have a specific user who whenever a command is run, it is ...
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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 ...
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1answer
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How do I set Keyboard and profile preferences when connecting to Solaris via SSH?
I'm connecting to a Solaris box from Mac OS X. Whenever I have connected to linux boxes in the past it has been much easier to navigate around. How do I fix these configuration issues on Solaris?
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Simple command that switches between two host files
I am using /etc/host to map localhost to a web domain. I would like a fast way of doing this rather than searching and replacing every time. I put this in my .bashrc file.
alias hostchange='
...
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Aliases interpretation
I have a few aliases in .bash_aliases.
I defined c alias as follows, but it does not work as it should
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alias cd='cd; ls -r --time=atime'
alias c='cd'
...
in .bashrc there is a line
alias ...
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Remove alias from current session
How to remove a alias from current session without closing that session?
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Change command name in Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
creating abbreviations for commonly used paths
I'm new to the Linux platform. Is there any way to rename the commands available in Linux.
For example, I use the clear ...
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vote
1answer
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Error creating an alias for the find command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to pass parameter to alias?
I am trying to shorten the find command, but getting an error:
$ alias f='find . -name $1 -print'
$ f JobConf.java
find: paths must ...
