Alter bash command

strimp099 · 02-12-2011, 07:59 AM

Greetings, I want to automatically append flags to certain commands. For example, when I type:

ls

at the prompt, I want the

-la

flags automatically appended without me having to type:

ls -la

How is this done?

tommylovell · 02-12-2011, 08:15 AM

You want to set up an alias.

Code:

alias ls='ls -la'

If you want to make it persistant with each login put it in your profile. (.bashrc in your home directory is a good place if you are using the bash shell.)

Type just 'alias' to see what you may already have set.

strimp099 · 02-12-2011, 08:35 AM

Perfect, thank you!