On 11/24/12, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > 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
I disagree. ll is so very convenient. However, I _always_ make sure LS_OPTIONS is unset, and generally limit aliases to non-default commands, ie ls is for me (and I say should be) just plain ls, no options, no hidden environment variables. But ll, la, etc are not only free game, but very convenient, I find. cheers zenaan -- 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/CAOsGNSSLoRwkqNP=_gra5ts5xn4k0xcnuptgq_xnsdarjvk...@mail.gmail.com
