On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 14:48 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 08:48:15PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 11:35 -0500, Doug wrote: > > > Altho some of the Linux commands that seem to be specific to certain > > > distros > > > > Some distros use aliases for commands, e.g. something like ls -a has an > > alias, this IMO should be avoided. > > I disagree. Aliases are extremely handy. I wish I started using them far > sooner than I did.
alias ll='ls -l' alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS' and at some point neither you nor anybody else does know what a command will do. ll IMO is stupid, a variable is ok, if the default is an empty string, the user only set up the variable for a session where to run thousand times the same command. I'm using the arrow keys instead of aliases. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1353723211.11101.96.camel@q
