You can also export aliases in KSH and use them in a subshell by adding the -x flag, as long as your script does not call again the interpreter (the hashbang).
Whether that works or not is dependent also on the implementation of fork and exec.
Hello,
I'm a beginner to Unix and I want to create an alias that lists the given
directory in long format; the alias should use a pager to display the result.
Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)
hi..
i want to make an alias in unix, for using it to change of directory
by example:
if i am in /dtmp/inp/aux and i want to go to /sybase/bd, i want to make an alias named "bd", to go directally to /sybase/bd (alias bd="cd /sybase/bd")
i create it, but when i turn off the conection... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have a problem when i try to set any thing as alias it works
say alias sasa="cd /home/hghgg"
but when i close the terminal it does not work (5 Replies)
Dear All,
I have given alias to run a script which will calculate memory and cpu utilization as "utils" in my bash shell. Even i have given this entry in .profile and .bashrc in my home directory. It is working fine.
Now my question is that I want to use this alias in... (17 Replies)
I need to login to one server and then switch the user and set a number alias. But i cant modify the .profile file.
I have one script avi1.sh
$ more avi.sh
sudo su - bil
sh avi1.sh
and in home directory of bil i have avi1.sh that says
$ more avi1.sh
alias l='ls -ltr'
alias b='cd... (7 Replies)
I can get the nth line of a file using
sed -n 'np' file
however all I want to type is "line n file" so I am trying to use alias
alias line='sed -n \'&\''
but its not working, how can I make this work
Thanks (2 Replies)
If one:
$ find -name 'some expression' -type f > newfile
and then subsequently wants to create an alias file from each pathname the find command retrieved and the > placed within 'newfile', how would one do this? Ideally, the newly created alias files would all be in one directory.
I am... (3 Replies)
I am creating subversion pre commit hook on linux to run on client side but its not working and throwing an error -
alias svnbi="plutil *.plist|grep -v OK; if ; then svn ci -m $1 ; fi"
but when I run -
(test is $1 here)
svnbi test
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `test'
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jacki
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
which
which(1) User Commands which(1)NAME
which - locate a command and display its pathname or alias
SYNOPSIS
which [name]...
DESCRIPTION
which takes a list of names and determines which alias or utility would be executed had these names been given as commands.
For each name operand, if it names an alias the alias is expanded. Otherwise the user's path is searched for a utility name matching name.
Aliases are taken from the user's .cshrc file. path is taken from the current shell execution environment.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
name The name of a command to be located.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 One or more name operands were not located or an error occurred.
FILES
~/.cshrc source of aliases and path values
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), attributes(5)DIAGNOSTICS
A diagnostic is given for names which are aliased to more than a single word, or if an executable file with the argument name was not found
in the path.
NOTES
The which utility is not a shell built-in command.
BUGS
To compensate for ~/.cshrc files in which aliases depend upon the prompt variable being set, which sets this variable to NULL. If the
~/.cshrc produces output or prompts for input when prompt is set, which can produce some strange results.
SunOS 5.11 30 Mar 2005 which(1)