Questions tagged [alias]
In computing, an alias is an alternate name for an object, such as a variable, file or device.
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What's the rule on using the word "git" as an alias?
I used to keep my git aliases in a file outside of my .gitconfig file, in the normal format of:
alias gb="git branch --verbose"
which worked great. But, after looking around at others' dotfiles, I ...
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How to make alias shortcuts for terminal work as root or as exec?
Let's say I have an alias like this:
alias findip='wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//''
the output would look like this:
matthew@ubuntu:~$ findip
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csh cd alias: how to eliminate error when no parameter is supplied
I am familiar with bash, but my works require csh. in my .cshrc, I created this alias:
alias cd 'cd \!:1; ls -l'
It works very well except for one case: when I cd without any parameter:
cd
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How to set alias permanently using command?
I don't have access to home directory. So I can't access .bashrc or .profile file.
So the only option (I guess) is using the command for setting alias.
Is there any way to add alias permanently using ...
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Alias for an URL and not for a file in MacOS
In macOS, an alias is a small file that I can click in Finder, which represents another object in a file system and provides a dynamic link to it. Is there a way to have a small file like an alias ...
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How to run aliases under tmux without root privilege
Under terminal multiplexer tmux I am unable to use alias as a normal user.
alias l='ls -CF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
For alias of alias l I have to type ls -CF ...
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piping output to an alias
in order to run a certain command I need to use
sudo -h -u someuser <somecommand>
in order to save some sanity I created an alias
alias somecommand='function _dm(){ sudo -u ubuntu ...
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Creating an 'alias' or 'symlink' to a separate folder in apache
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|--bin
|--home
|--user_1
|--somefile.html
|--somefile2.html
|--user_2
|--differentFile.html
|--var
|--www
|--file1.html
i want the urls to be http://serverip/user_1/somefile....
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alias or function for emacs command?
So I'm on my first day at my new job, and on the server we use, the default emacs is X-windows based. I much prefer using it in the good old terminal, and I'd like to be able to make the command ...
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Can I use the first page of a PDF document as its alias icon in OS X?
Is there a painless method for using the first page of a PDF as its alias icon in OS X? The operating system does this for PDF documents on the desktop, and I'd like to replicate the behavior for ...
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Read Only folder alias in Windows
I have a folder I would like to create a read only alias of to prevent tools from modifying the original contents in any way. The original should be kept in "pristine" condition so ...
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Add appExecutionAlias manually?
By default, Windows 10 stores app-aliases in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\ however this is only partially true (or not true at all, if you think about it). Listing the files in ...
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Alias ssh to have a default -F flag
I would like to "alias" ssh in my PowerShell profile to:
ssh -F $HOME\.ssh\config
I have a custom $HOME environment, but the Win32 OpenSSH implementation uses %USERPROFILE% which cannot be ...
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Office 365 - Remove alias from shared mailbox
I have an issue on O365.
My customer would like to use the shared mailbox I created as a distribution group.
So I thought "ok, lets create an alias [email protected] on the shared mailbox, put it as ...
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How to read aliases in a ksh script
I have some global aliases defined in my ~/.profile file.
To read them from a bash script, I'd use:
shopt -s expand_aliases
source ~/.profile
However, in ksh this does not work because it does not ...
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Can I alias the empty string?
In bash, can you alias a null command to something?
In other words, recognize that the user has pressed
just the Enter key at the shell prompt?
For example, if you want to clear the screen
with a ...
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SQL Statements in MySQL, the use of the dot operator
The following is the SQL statement that I found:
SELECT d.name, count(e.emp_id) num_employees
FROM department d INNER JOIN employee e
ON d.dept_id = e.dept_id
GROUP BY d.name
HAVING count(e.emp_id)...
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Use the result of 'whoami' as part of an alias
I am setting up my default .bashrc on my Ubuntu machine that I will soon be adding more and more users to.
One command that users will have access to is mysql, logging them into the SQL system on the ...
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What is a simple standard command line way of getting 'ls' to produce file permission in octal?
Any know a standard way, other than 'stat' to produce octal output for file permission from 'ls'?
Standard way of using stat (on OSX) is:
stat -f '%A %a %N' *
where * can be any file pattern that ...
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Unix: Overloading Aliases
What happens if I have this in my bashrc:
alias ls="ls -l"
alias ls="ls -a"
when I type ls they will both match. Is the last one kept or both?
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Why does an alias work in the Terminal, but not when called from a script?
I've added the following to my ~/.bash_profile
# opens "flashlog.txt" in Console
alias trace='open -a /Applications/Utilities/Console.app/ ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\ Player/Logs/flashlog....
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Why does `source ~/.aliases` not work in .zshrc?
user@localhost ~ % zsh --version
zsh 5.5.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
me@localhost ~ % lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora ...
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How does bash alias understand "$@"?
I am trying to write an alias to do 2 things
$alias cde='cd "$@" && echo'
but for some reason when I call it with
$cde test
test
all that happens is it echos test:
It looks like my ...
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Error in url alias in lighttpd
I have this configuration:
alias.url = (
"/acruz/" => "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/acruz/",
"/jvangemeren/" => "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/jvangemeren",
"/doceno/" => "/...
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Assign aliases using FOR in Windows cmd.exe
I've been trying to use a loop to create multiple aliases without success. I'm not a professional, please bear with me... Does anyone know what's wrong in my code or how I can implement this in the ...
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Alias for directory using a symbol
I'm looking to set up an alias for my work directory, which can change as I change context, and I was trying to find something that was short enough to stand in as a replacement for ~. I'd be tickled ...
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How to add an application to Mac Applications folder
I'm looking to add software installed elsewhere (eg. home or opt) to the Mac's (10.8) Applications folder.
The goal here is to get all the benefits like the application listing in the launcher and ...
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Create alias (desktop shortcut) of an application installed by Macports
I just installed Dia using macports.
Now, I need to place the shortcut in the Apps folder and also make the executable available in the Spotlight search.
How can I do that?
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powershell function does not work
I'm new to powershell scripting. scan a file with windowsdefender from command line.
what I'm doing wrong?
function scan { Start-Process "C:\program files\windows defender\mpcmdrun.exe" -...
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Documentation for alias definitions for PowerShell arguments used with Get-ChildItem
In an answer here on superuser.com, it is pointed out that gci -af is an alias for gci -File. That information is correct, and both command lines produce the same result of file listings.
However, I ...
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Configuring DNS to resolve to WAMP Virtual Host?
I have a website set up on a VM using WAMP. That VM is on a network with an internal domain 123.net. In DNS, I've configured a CNAME (site.123.net) to point to the VM. However, when I try site.123.net,...
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Creating aliases beginning with + or -
Most of the times, I find that I'm doing:
% chmod +x <file> #or +r or +w
So, I thought about creating an alias such that:
% alias +x='chmod +x' # or
% alias \+x='chmod +x' # or
% alias '+x'='...
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Set Windows command prompt aliases as regular user
As a regular user in Linux this can be done via the command alias and can be permanently stored in the .bashrc file
As a regular user (not administrator) can I set command prompt aliases in Windows 7?...
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pass arguments to alias then disown
I am trying to create a simple alias:
alias draw="pinta &> /dev/null & disown"
The intent here is pretty obvious. My problem is that whenever I pass an argument, I get
bash: disown: ...
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Linux: How to automatically detect display and set up default editor accordingly
I am relatively new to linux. I am connecting to a remote linux machine sometimes via telnet and sometimes via NX client for windows. When I connect via telent I would like the default editor to be ...
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How do I set an alias for a search command that takes two arguments
I have a shell command which find files that contain 2 strings together:
$ grep -rl JFL . 2>/de/null | while read n; do grep -l 20120907 "$n"; done
The strings above are JFL and 20120907
Now I ...
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Windows Search alias
I have a program that I used to use all the time. Now however a new one has superseded it. However I constantly forget it's name, and when searching for it using the windows search, I keep using the ...
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Creating an alias in Powershell that includes a space (for a parameter)
I want to start the control panel applet RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL via an alias in PowerShell. Running it directly works fine but when I set an alias:
set-Alias controlpanel "...
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Doskey alias command from a cmd shortcut not working
Opening a cmd prompt and manually issuing my custom doskey macro commands works fine, but I figured that I could save time by creating cmd shortcuts that invoke these commands automatically.
So, I ...
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How can I get Google Chrome to go to an internal page without performing an external search?
I am trying to replicate some behavior that I have seen in Internet Explorer version 11 in Google Chrome version 71.
Whenever I search myalias/someinternalpage I am brought to the internal page.
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Powershell console profile aliases (functions) not working, why?
This TechNet page says the location of a console profile file for the current user only and all shells shall be:
%UserProfile%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
In my case, the %UserProfile% ...
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How do I write a bash alias that replaces !$ with the previous command’s last word?
I have a script named cpodin that copies several build artifacts to another directory. Afterward, I edit SHA1SUM in the destination directory.
For example:
cpodin /foo/bar/baz
vim !$/SHA1SUM
How do ...
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Get the ip address from ifconfig
I was updating my shell dot file, and I thought that it would be nice to have an alias that show just my ip.
I usually connect with wifi, which is on wlan0 and it's the last "block" of devices.
So I'...
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Unable to send to email address with "plus" character using gmail
I'm attempting to forward emails from gmail to a project managed by active.collab. All I need to do to accomplish this is forward my email to an address like [email protected]....
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How can I make alias for desktop folder on XP?
I don't want other users save file to system drive, how can I make a direct link of desktop folder to another folder?
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Alias one program in a different order than $PATH
I alias pandoc='~/.cabal/bin/pandoc' because I don't want to change my $PATH order just for this one program.
In general, programs I installed in /opt/, ~/.cabal/, and so on should precede defaults ...
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SSMS view designer - how do I give a table an alias?
I'm struggling with getting SQL Server Management Studio to do what I want. Things that were totally simple and easy tasks in Enterprise Manager have inexplicably become hard or impossible.
Case in ...
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ssh port forwarding and multiple aliases
I have the following ~/.ssh/config file:
$ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host myalias
HostName fully.qualified.domain.name
Port 2222
LocalForward 3690 127.0.0.1:3690
When I ssh to myalias, ...
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Where is virtualenv's deactivate defined?
Virtualenv defines an alias for the command deactivate as seen in yourvirtualenv/bin/activate.csh. What I'm curious about is where deactivate resides, because when I issue an alias command deactivate ...
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Can I have two different users in Windows XP to use the same local profile (user alias)
I need to have two different userIds that map to the same local profile. What I really need is to have to users that are the same one.
Is this possible?
Thanks!
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