[kanchilug] Re: [Tip] Escape any command from aliases
- From: Ramachandran V <v.ramcool.ramachandran@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:52:50 +0530
Hi,
Escape any command from aliases
>
> $ \[command]
>
> Ex:
>
> if "ls" is aliased for 'ls -ll', you can escape the alias by prepending a
> backslash:
>
> $ ls
>
> WILL prompt for confirmation per the alias
>
> $ \ls
>
> will NOT prompt for confirmation per the default behaviour of the command.
>
>
> Ex:
>
>
> [suresh@mercury ~]$ alias ls="ll"
>
> [suresh@mercury ~]$ ls
> total 52
> drwxrwxr-x. 13 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 26 12:08 aaa
> drwxr-xr-x. 4 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 26 19:09 Desktop
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 24 12:23 Documents
> drwxr-xr-x. 7 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 26 18:44 Downloads
> drwxrwxr-x. 13 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 26 11:37 exa
> drwxrwxr-x. 13 suresh suresh 4096 Jan 26 11:37 exam
>
>
> [suresh@mercury ~]$ \ls
> aaa Documents exa Music Public Templates zzz
> Desktop Downloads exam Pictures qqq Videos
>
> Nice tip..
>
Keep rocking..
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tha.Suresh
>
Regards
Ramachandran
>
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