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How to overwrite aliases in my shell (Oh My Zsh)?
I would like to alias my ls command, but there is a previously defined alias for it which I believe gets invoked first before my definition! I am using .zshrc to define my alias, and here is what I ...
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zsh alias expansion
Is it possible to configure zsh to expand global aliases during tab completion? For example, I have the common aliases:
alias -g '...'='../..'
alias -g '....'='../../..'
but when I type for example ...
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Get the expansion of an alias (in both bash and zsh)
I want to get the expansion of an alias.
For example, if I have:
alias g=hub
alias cdh='cd $HOME'
I want to have:
expand_alias g == hub
expand_alias cdh == cd $HOME
The tricky thing is that the two ...
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What is causing `diff` to run `git diff`?
I'd like to use diff as described here and in the documentation I see when I type man diff. However, when I type diff, what I get is this:
~ ❯❯❯ diff
usage: git diff --no-index <path> <path&...
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Is it possible to define directory-sensitive aliases in zsh (or any other shell)?
I want to use different aliases (or perhaps: the same alias differently) depending on the current working directory. For example, I might want to use l as a shorthand for ls with some extra options. ...
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Zsh - alias -s with parameter
In zsh, I can specify default program to open which file extension like alias -s {mkv,mpg}='mplayer' . I runs fine but what I really want is to run mplayer <filename> & so it won't produce ...
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Make "." and "source" default to ~/.zshrc
I would like to source my ~/.zshrc by running . with no arguments. So this:
$ .
should do this:
$ . ~/.zshrc
I would like the normal functionality of . to remain unchanged. The only difference ...
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What's the intended use case for COMPLETE_ALIASES in zsh?
For some months now, I have had setopt completealiases in my .zshrc. I haven't the faintest idea why I added it - most other things have comments or can be understood from neighbouring settings. ...
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Run one command after another in zsh when Ctrl-C is pressed
I have recently moved to zsh from bash (on OSX). I have an bash alias I have used to run one program then another (even if previous program exits with error) on bash. I can't work out how to ...
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Automatically put an alias into ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc [duplicate]
Is there a command line util/script that automatically saves aliases? E.g.
save-alias my-ip="curl ipecho.net/plain"
and that will define an alias, then add/update it in ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
I was ...
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Forward aliases to child process
I have some aliases which are defined in /etc/zprofile (or /etc/profile for bash). Also $PATH gets manipulated there.
I want to start an interactive shell from a shell which avoids the $PATH ...
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How to trigger a 2nd command when a specific command is run in the shell?
I'll explain my question with example.
I run $ python manage.py to perform some action.
I want to run another command $ xyz , just when any user runs the previous command.
Thus, from now on, ...
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zsh alias being overridden somehow
I'm on a system running OS X 10.8.5.
I recently tried to alias ls to ls -G -la command. I opened up ~/.zshrc, put in the alias, relaunched the terminal, but the change didn't take effect. Upon ...
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Automatically source a file when `cd` into a specific directory
I have couple of utility commands-and-aliases that are generic enough in any directory for my own requirement. But there are certain directory e.g. 'build', where I need a custom behaviour.
To do this,...
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Does Bash and Zsh have a mode to echo what the alias expands to upon pressing Enter?
For example, if I have a
alias dbmigrate='rails db:migrate'
is there a mode or simple way to configure in Bash and Zsh so that when I type in the shell:
$ dbmigrate # press Enter
it will echo ...
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