Alias (command)

The alias command is used to create aliases, and to get a list of aliased commands.

Aliases creaction

The syntax if shell dependant:

B-Shell (sh, bash) :

alias l=ls
alias la='ls -A'

C-Shell (csh, tcsh) :

alias l ls
alias la 'ls -A'

Aliases consultation

You can use this to get an existing aliases list:

> alias
...=../..
....=../../..
.....=../../../..
......=../../../../..
.......=../../../../../..
clean='rm -f `find . -name "*~" -o -name ".*~" -o -name ".*.core" -o -name "*.core" -o -name "#*#" -o -name "a.out"`
close='cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 close'
eject='cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 eject'
fr='export LANG=fr_FR.ISO8859-15'
la='ls -a'
ll='ls -Al'
ls='ls -FG'
> alias ls
ls='ls -FG'

See also: unalias, which