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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates @alex.olynyk
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      @alex.olynyk said:

      @scottalanmiller How do make a permanent alias? For example I want to shorten clear to cls.

      You can just use ctrl+l then you don't even need the alias.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        In order for me to properly remove the sample "go2t" alias I had to use

        unalias go2t
        alias
        alias ls='ls --color=auto'
        

        Prior to unalias I had

         alias 
         alias go2t=''
         alias ls='ls --color=auto'
        
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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 Thanks. OP has been fixed.

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          • tonyshowoffT
            tonyshowoff
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            Instead of just using aliases, set your home directory in your PATH before /usr/bin/local and create replacement programs to irritate anyone using your user account... that's what I do for fun on my personal machine.

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            • travisdh1T
              travisdh1 @tonyshowoff
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              @tonyshowoff said in Linux: Aliases:

              Instead of just using aliases, set your home directory in your PATH before /usr/bin/local and create replacement programs to irritate anyone using your user account... that's what I do for fun on my personal machine.

              If it's just your local machine..... why not do that system wide? (Apparently I'm feeling especially evil tonight.)

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
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                You know just because I hate having to type "clear" every time... every linux system I have is getting the "cls" alias!

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                  You know just because I hate having to type "clear" every time... every linux system I have is getting the "cls" alias!

                  You can just do ctrl+l

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @stacksofplates
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                    @johnhooks said in Linux: Aliases:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                    You know just because I hate having to type "clear" every time... every linux system I have is getting the "cls" alias!

                    You can just do ctrl+l

                    And have to remember yet another keyboard shortcut?!

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                      @johnhooks said in Linux: Aliases:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                      You know just because I hate having to type "clear" every time... every linux system I have is getting the "cls" alias!

                      You can just do ctrl+l

                      And have to remember yet another keyboard shortcut?!

                      SOME of us had nothing BUT keyboard shortcuts to work with at one point 😉 Seriously, real, physical RS-232 terminals with 64 keys were no fun! I can't even find pictures of the one I was stuck with, it was numbers, letters, and a ctrl key.

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                      • tonyshowoffT
                        tonyshowoff @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                        @johnhooks said in Linux: Aliases:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Linux: Aliases:

                        You know just because I hate having to type "clear" every time... every linux system I have is getting the "cls" alias!

                        You can just do ctrl+l

                        And have to remember yet another keyboard shortcut?!

                        ctrl + l (L) is pretty universal for clear screen in the POSIX-compliant world, it's really about learning standard short cuts, like ctrl + k is delete line, ctrl + c is SIGINT, hell the latter even works in MSDOS and PowerShell.

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