Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The

Aliases

Aliases are command macros and are used as shorthand for other commands, especially frequently-used ones.

Alias Commands

alias	display a list of aliases and their values
alias name	display the value for alias name
alias name='value'	create an alias name set to value
alias –t	display a list of tracked aliases
alias –t name='value'	create a tracked alias name set to value
unalias name	remove the alias name

Some Preset Aliases

Alias	Value	Definition
autoload	typeset –fu	define an autoloading function
echo	print –	display arguments
functions	typeset –f	display list of functions
hash	alias –t –	display list of tracked aliases
history	fc –l	list commands from history file
integer	typeset –i	declare integer variable
r	fc –e –	re-execute ...