Change default ls behavior

bgfay · 06-20-2004, 08:41 PM

I know that this is simple because I think I did it years ago when I first tried Linux. What I want to do is to get the command ls to display in the style of ls -l (that's L) by default. I thought that it had something to do with .bashrc, but I really don't want to mess up my system by doing things willy-nilly.

I figure this is an easy one, so feel free to call me stupid. I should know this.

Thanks.
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bgfay

pointyman · 06-20-2004, 08:45 PM

Hi.

In .bashrc, put in the line:
alias ls='ls -l'

Dave

bgfay · 06-21-2004, 06:14 AM

Thank you. I knew that it was something obvious. I've made the change and all is well.
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bgfay

ppuru · 06-21-2004, 06:28 AM

If you are using RedHat / Fedora, you can use

#ll

which is essentially an alias for ls -l

whansard · 06-21-2004, 06:48 AM

don't you want --color too

bgfay · 06-21-2004, 09:04 PM

Sure, I'll give that a shot too. Thanks.