Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!iuvax!silver!creps From: creps@silver (Steve Creps) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: More categories for aliases (was Re: something or other) Message-ID: <1827@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> Date: 31 May 88 18:45:37 GMT Sender: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu Reply-To: creps@silver (Steve Creps) Distribution: na Organization: Indiana U CSCI Dept Lines: 18 Someone posted an article about uses for aliases, and gave three categories, asking for any others. I was unable to post to this group at the time (due to config problems at our site that have since been fixed), and the article seems to have expired now. Anyway, I have two more categories to add. - To set default flags for a command (i.e. "alias rm rm -i" makes -i a default flag for rm instead of -f) - To customize a command (i.e. "alias finger finger \| sort" customizes the finger command so that output is sorted) - - - - - - - - - - Steve Creps, Indiana University, Bloomington, home of the "Hoosiers" creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (192.12.206.2) {pur-ee,ihnp4!inuxc,rutgers,pyramid}!iuvax!silver!creps creps@iubacs.bitnet (forwarded) "To dream... the unlintable dream..."