On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 03:13:31AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf 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, 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.
Just because aliases can be used in a stupid way does not make them stupid. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20121124043024.GA20358@tal
