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 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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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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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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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 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@$...
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zsh alias causes error if used in fish
I have the following aliases in my zsh:
alias -- -='cd -'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
When I switch to fish, by manually typing fish and pressing Return, the first alias causes an error:
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Inheriting path modifications vs. Inheriting aliases
My login shell is zsh. I have added the following two lines to my .zprofile file:
path+=$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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zsh, .bash_profile, and aliases
I have a script downloaded from the Internet, the beginning of which looks like this:
echo "alias myip='curl -s https://api.ipify.org/'" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "alias myiplookup='...
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Bash - get file count
I have the following alias defined in my .bashrc
alias lsfc='ls -l "$@" | tee /dev/tty | grep -v / | echo "File count: `wc -l`"'
which is intended to give me the number of ...
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Override tr in ~/.bashrc
I'm trying to create a function to translate words via a custom script:
function mean() {
~/scripts/translate.sh $1
}
I would prefer the function to be named tr, as it is much shorter and faster ...
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Get a list of all user's commands from a non-interactive shell
I am writing a script that would automatically suggest some new aliases/functions to be added to a user's shell config. Before doing that, however, I would like to make sure the aliases being ...
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How to write an alias or bash script that renames a single file using the same syntax as the `ren` command of Windows?
I am a long-term a Windows user, so I find the syntax of the ren command both simple and convenient:
ren C:\pathTo\myFile\oldFileName.txt newFileName.txt
[Update 24 July 2024] To be clear about my ...
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how to alias the `history` function in fish shell
I'm trying to set the fish history pager to be bat -l fish for syntax highlighting.
(i.e. set the PAGER environment variable bat -l fish just for the history command).
I tried:
# 1:
alias history &...
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Can't unalias then redefine as a function in the same conditional [duplicate]
Here is a simplified implementation of an issue in my bash/zsh aliases file:
alias foobar='echo bar' # this is out of my control
if true; then
unalias foobar
echo we got inside the conditional
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Is it possible to use a command with an argument to trigger a bash alias?
I have a program that tries to trigger a screenlock using the following commands:
xdg-screensaver lock
xscreensaver -lock
cinnamon-screensaver-command --lock
The problem is that I'm using ...
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Is there a way I can use .bash_aliases in a shell-scripts? [duplicate]
Is there a way I can use bash aliases from my .bash_aliases file within a shell-scripts?
I thought of something like including
source "$HOME/.bash_aliases into my script
but it does not work.
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Can I reprogram the pwd command to add a trailing slash?
WHen I use the pwd command, it prints e.g /opt instead of /opt/. I would like it to print the trailing slash. However, I tried adding the following line to my ~/.bash_aliases file:
alias pwd=" ...
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How can I remove aliases "which-command=whence" and "run-help=man"?
I'm running Artix Linux and using zsh, and these two aliases return no matter how many times I unalias them or remove them from my aliasrc:
run-help=man
which-command=whence
And they don't exist in ...
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ksh88 string substitution in alias | mpv streaming [duplicate]
tl;dr how can I substitute a string (i.e. a youtube/streaming url) in an alias such as alias mpvyt='yt-dlp <URL> -o - | mpv - ' ?
I live in a mezzanine studio using a M1 macbook for a ...
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Converting a tcsh alias into zsh
I had a tcsh alias as follows:
alias cdd 'cd `dirname \!*`'
I use this to change the directory to the one containing a certain file.
For instance,
cdd /Users/myself/Document/Folder/File.pdf
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How to config alias on RedHat server?
I'm using a server where I'm a common user (non-sudo).
I access the server through ssh.
Here's the output of some commands run on the server:
[username@machinename: ~]$ ps -p $$
PID TTY ...
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Unix Command (and bash alias) or script to band/unban IP addresses in Fail2ban without having to lookup and specify "jail name"
I am creating a bash alias (or possibly a script) to ban and unban IP addresses with fail2ban on Ubuntu 20.04.
The bash syntax I am using to unban IP address is:
fail2ban-client set YOURJAILNAMEHERE ...
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Bash script ignores all terminal input following an underscore [duplicate]
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My server manages jobs using SLURM. Each job in the queue has a job ID, which can be either a single integer or two integers separated by an underscore, e.g., 123_4. You can use scontrol show job ...
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How to use alias command with a paramiko SSHClient connection?
I am trying to execute the following, with no success getting either the 'py3start' or the 'py3test' alias commands recognized - (I introduced the 'py3test' for testing purposes to check if setting ...
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