when i make an alias, what happens?

i've looked in /bin, /sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin..

what if I want to get rid of one?

thanks




also, how can you search files?

In your user home directory, there is probably a hidden file called .bashrc (or something similar). If not, you can copy /etc/bashrc into your home directory: cp /etc/bashrc ~/.bashrc.

Open the file in any editor; there is probably a section with some aliases already. To add your own, just use the same format at those you see there.

To get rid of an alias, just comment it out, or delete it.

After adding/removing an alias, run the command 'source ~/.bashrc' to activate the new aliases. Or do it the windows way and reboot. Your choice.

What do you mean 'search files'? Search for files, or search within files?

To search for files, you can use find (see the man pages for find), or su to root and run updatedb to make a database of all files on the system and use locate to find a file (you can use partial or complete names - all matches to the string you use will be displayed).

To search within a file, use find piped through grep, or awk.