"Xavier Maillard" <x...@maillard.im> writes: > I am a new fish user trying to figure out all the concepts and features.
Welcome! I'm also a somewhat new fish user, but here's what I use--you can find my dotfiles at https://git.sr.ht/~rensoliemans/dotfiles/tree/main/item/fish/dot-config/fish > Many people seems to mixup abbreviations and functions. I mean, some functi= > ons could have been abbreviations. > So, what's the correct way to define an "alias" ? I would say that there are three ways: function ls command ls --color=auto $argv end alias ls="ls --color=auto" abbr --add ls ls --color=auto You can check out these docpages to read more about them: - https://fishshell.com/docs/current/language.html#syntax-aliases - https://fishshell.com/docs/current/interactive.html#abbreviations - https://fishshell.com/docs/current/cmds/alias.html As for the "correct" way: I don't think there is one. I prefer 'abbr' since I like that it expands while I type: it's clearer what it does. For some very long commands I prefer to use 'alias'. I never really use 'function' for this because you need to remember to start with 'command' and end with '$argv'. My dotfiles actually use 'alias' often, but I'm starting to love abbreviations more and more. They can also be very powerful: check out the 'multicd' abbr from the first link, and the '!!' abbr from the second one. Here's a short asciinema that shows how they work: https://asciinema.org/a/nSZWuM8RmZ2etbDK5hoinvTjn -- Best, Rens _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
