Public bug reported: It is sometimes handy to be able to be able to set up aliases via your shell that allow you to type something complicated in a shorter way. Shells like bash support this via 'alias'.
bash: themusicgod1@Hedy:~/testdir$ alias | grep 'l='\''ls'\' alias l='ls' themusicgod1@Hedy:~/testdir$ ls bar foo themusicgod1@Hedy:~/testdir$ l bar foo themusicgod1@Hedy:~/testdir$ torify l ERROR: l cannot be found. Obviously ls doesn't use network so there's no benefit here, but there are commands that have complicated arguments that you can continually type and retype(think: ssh or git) that it is useful to be able to 'alias' these away. Especially if you're in an environment with a lot of people typing the same thing over and over without fully understanding it (at first) eg a school environment with students. This doesn't just happen with bash but also with zsh and my own shell (ass): zsh: Hedy% alias l='ls' Hedy% l bar foo Hedy% torify l ERROR: l cannot be found. ass: [3][Fri Apr 28 10:58:59 2017][/home/themusicgod1/testdir]alias l ls [4][Fri Apr 28 10:59:03 2017][/home/themusicgod1/testdir]torify l l ERROR: l cannot be found. [5][Fri Apr 28 10:59:04 2017][/home/themusicgod1/testdir]l bar foo testme Ubuntu: 17.04 zesty tor: 0.2.9.10-1ubuntu1 ass: 0.3.7.4 zsh: 5.2-5ubuntu1 bash: 4.4-2ubuntu1 ** Affects: tor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687037 Title: torify does not expand shell aliases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tor/+bug/1687037/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs