How to see the command attached to a bash alias?
Suppose I have an alias in the bash shell. Is there a simple command to print out what command the alias will run?
command-line bash alias
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Suppose I have an alias in the bash shell. Is there a simple command to print out what command the alias will run?
command-line bash alias
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Suppose I have an alias in the bash shell. Is there a simple command to print out what command the alias will run?
command-line bash alias
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Suppose I have an alias in the bash shell. Is there a simple command to print out what command the alias will run?
command-line bash alias
command-line bash alias
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The type builtin is useful for this. It will not only tell you about aliases, but also functions, builtins, keywords and external commands.
$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin
$ type psgrep
psgrep is a function
psgrep ()
{
ps -ef | {
read -r;
printf '%sn' "$REPLY";
grep --color=auto "$@"
}
}
type -a cmd will show all the commands by that name in order of precedence, which is useful for the ls alias above, where the alias itself calls ls.
$ type -a ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
ls is /bin/ls
This tells you that when you run ls, /bin/ls will be used, and --color=auto will be included in its list of arguments, in addition to any other you add yourself.
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
@user251046 keep usingtypeuntil you hit something other than an alias ...
– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer becausetypewill parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.
– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I gotls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?
– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
@krubotype -a lswill show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.
– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
|
show 1 more comment
Just type alias while at the Shell prompt. It should output a list of all currently-active aliases.
Or, you can type alias [command] to see what a specific alias is aliased to, as an example, if you wanted to find out what the ls alias was aliased to, you could do alias ls.
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
10
Or typealias lsto find out what specificallylsis aliased to.
– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.typehowever, works in both cases.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
add a comment |
I really like Ctrl+Alt+E as I learned from this answer. It "expands" the currently typed command line, meaning it performs alias expansion (amongst other things).
What does that mean? It turns any alias, that might be currently written on the command line, into what the alias stands for.
For example, if I type:
$ ls
and then press Ctrl+Alt+E, it is turned into
$ ls --time-style=locale --color=auto
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
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answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
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have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
|
show 1 more comment
Strictly speaking correct answer is using BASH_ALIASES array, e.g.:
$ echo ${BASH_ALIASES[ls]}
ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
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You could use the which command.
If you set an alias for ls as ls -al and then type which ls, you will see:
ls: aliased to ls -al.
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
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answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
bash has nowhichcommand.
– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
whichis a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
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The type builtin is useful for this. It will not only tell you about aliases, but also functions, builtins, keywords and external commands.
$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin
$ type psgrep
psgrep is a function
psgrep ()
{
ps -ef | {
read -r;
printf '%sn' "$REPLY";
grep --color=auto "$@"
}
}
type -a cmd will show all the commands by that name in order of precedence, which is useful for the ls alias above, where the alias itself calls ls.
$ type -a ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
ls is /bin/ls
This tells you that when you run ls, /bin/ls will be used, and --color=auto will be included in its list of arguments, in addition to any other you add yourself.
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
@user251046 keep usingtypeuntil you hit something other than an alias ...
– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer becausetypewill parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.
– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I gotls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?
– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
@krubotype -a lswill show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.
– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
|
show 1 more comment
The type builtin is useful for this. It will not only tell you about aliases, but also functions, builtins, keywords and external commands.
$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin
$ type psgrep
psgrep is a function
psgrep ()
{
ps -ef | {
read -r;
printf '%sn' "$REPLY";
grep --color=auto "$@"
}
}
type -a cmd will show all the commands by that name in order of precedence, which is useful for the ls alias above, where the alias itself calls ls.
$ type -a ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
ls is /bin/ls
This tells you that when you run ls, /bin/ls will be used, and --color=auto will be included in its list of arguments, in addition to any other you add yourself.
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
@user251046 keep usingtypeuntil you hit something other than an alias ...
– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer becausetypewill parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.
– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I gotls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?
– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
@krubotype -a lswill show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.
– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
|
show 1 more comment
The type builtin is useful for this. It will not only tell you about aliases, but also functions, builtins, keywords and external commands.
$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin
$ type psgrep
psgrep is a function
psgrep ()
{
ps -ef | {
read -r;
printf '%sn' "$REPLY";
grep --color=auto "$@"
}
}
type -a cmd will show all the commands by that name in order of precedence, which is useful for the ls alias above, where the alias itself calls ls.
$ type -a ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
ls is /bin/ls
This tells you that when you run ls, /bin/ls will be used, and --color=auto will be included in its list of arguments, in addition to any other you add yourself.
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
The type builtin is useful for this. It will not only tell you about aliases, but also functions, builtins, keywords and external commands.
$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type cd
cd is a shell builtin
$ type psgrep
psgrep is a function
psgrep ()
{
ps -ef | {
read -r;
printf '%sn' "$REPLY";
grep --color=auto "$@"
}
}
type -a cmd will show all the commands by that name in order of precedence, which is useful for the ls alias above, where the alias itself calls ls.
$ type -a ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
ls is /bin/ls
This tells you that when you run ls, /bin/ls will be used, and --color=auto will be included in its list of arguments, in addition to any other you add yourself.
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
edited Jan 31 at 20:29
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
answered Feb 12 '12 at 9:52
geirhageirha
31.1k95760
31.1k95760
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
@user251046 keep usingtypeuntil you hit something other than an alias ...
– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer becausetypewill parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.
– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I gotls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?
– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
@krubotype -a lswill show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.
– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
|
show 1 more comment
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
@user251046 keep usingtypeuntil you hit something other than an alias ...
– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer becausetypewill parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.
– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I gotls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?
– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
@krubotype -a lswill show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.
– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
what to do when an alias contains MORE aliases?
– user251046
Jul 26 '14 at 10:34
1
1
@user251046 keep using
type until you hit something other than an alias ...– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
@user251046 keep using
type until you hit something other than an alias ...– geirha
Sep 3 '14 at 19:03
I like this answer because
type will parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I like this answer because
type will parse/interpret any quotes, so you can make sure the quotes are right.– wisbucky
Mar 2 '18 at 4:21
I got
ls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
I got
ls is aliased to 'ls --color=auto', but how can I get one layer deeper, to see whether it uses /bin/ls or /usr/local/bin/ls or what?– krubo
Jan 29 at 2:19
1
1
@krubo
type -a ls will show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
@krubo
type -a ls will show all ls commands found in order of preference. Whichever is right below the alias is the one that will be executed by the alias.– geirha
Jan 30 at 7:54
|
show 1 more comment
Just type alias while at the Shell prompt. It should output a list of all currently-active aliases.
Or, you can type alias [command] to see what a specific alias is aliased to, as an example, if you wanted to find out what the ls alias was aliased to, you could do alias ls.
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
10
Or typealias lsto find out what specificallylsis aliased to.
– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.typehowever, works in both cases.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
add a comment |
Just type alias while at the Shell prompt. It should output a list of all currently-active aliases.
Or, you can type alias [command] to see what a specific alias is aliased to, as an example, if you wanted to find out what the ls alias was aliased to, you could do alias ls.
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
10
Or typealias lsto find out what specificallylsis aliased to.
– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.typehowever, works in both cases.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
add a comment |
Just type alias while at the Shell prompt. It should output a list of all currently-active aliases.
Or, you can type alias [command] to see what a specific alias is aliased to, as an example, if you wanted to find out what the ls alias was aliased to, you could do alias ls.
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
Just type alias while at the Shell prompt. It should output a list of all currently-active aliases.
Or, you can type alias [command] to see what a specific alias is aliased to, as an example, if you wanted to find out what the ls alias was aliased to, you could do alias ls.
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
edited Dec 10 '13 at 16:16
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
answered Feb 7 '12 at 3:30
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
44.5k23124177
44.5k23124177
10
Or typealias lsto find out what specificallylsis aliased to.
– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.typehowever, works in both cases.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
add a comment |
10
Or typealias lsto find out what specificallylsis aliased to.
– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.typehowever, works in both cases.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
10
10
Or type
alias ls to find out what specifically ls is aliased to.– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
Or type
alias ls to find out what specifically ls is aliased to.– poolie
Feb 7 '12 at 4:10
2
2
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
@poolie Indeed. I think the question was to see all the aliases, though, which is why i did not elaborate further on the alias command.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 7 '12 at 4:52
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.
type however, works in both cases.– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
while this works for aliases, it doesn't work if you've defined a custom shell function.
type however, works in both cases.– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:38
add a comment |
I really like Ctrl+Alt+E as I learned from this answer. It "expands" the currently typed command line, meaning it performs alias expansion (amongst other things).
What does that mean? It turns any alias, that might be currently written on the command line, into what the alias stands for.
For example, if I type:
$ ls
and then press Ctrl+Alt+E, it is turned into
$ ls --time-style=locale --color=auto
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
|
show 1 more comment
I really like Ctrl+Alt+E as I learned from this answer. It "expands" the currently typed command line, meaning it performs alias expansion (amongst other things).
What does that mean? It turns any alias, that might be currently written on the command line, into what the alias stands for.
For example, if I type:
$ ls
and then press Ctrl+Alt+E, it is turned into
$ ls --time-style=locale --color=auto
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
|
show 1 more comment
I really like Ctrl+Alt+E as I learned from this answer. It "expands" the currently typed command line, meaning it performs alias expansion (amongst other things).
What does that mean? It turns any alias, that might be currently written on the command line, into what the alias stands for.
For example, if I type:
$ ls
and then press Ctrl+Alt+E, it is turned into
$ ls --time-style=locale --color=auto
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
I really like Ctrl+Alt+E as I learned from this answer. It "expands" the currently typed command line, meaning it performs alias expansion (amongst other things).
What does that mean? It turns any alias, that might be currently written on the command line, into what the alias stands for.
For example, if I type:
$ ls
and then press Ctrl+Alt+E, it is turned into
$ ls --time-style=locale --color=auto
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
edited May 23 '17 at 12:39
Community♦
1
1
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:52
Der HochstaplerDer Hochstapler
2,81531629
2,81531629
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
|
show 1 more comment
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
have this an equivalent on other distros?
– sepehr
Jul 3 '14 at 13:40
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
@sepehr Works on Debian, I assume it's a bash feature and should work on any distribution.
– Der Hochstapler
Jul 3 '14 at 16:15
3
3
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
you're right, it works on bash but I have zsh and it doesn't work unfortunately.
– sepehr
Jul 4 '14 at 12:46
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
was really helpful. I had a different goal of expanding one of the previous bash commands logged in history with, i.e., !394, so that I could edit it first before executing
– XXL
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
How to accomplish this on bash OSX?
– Govind Rai
Jan 9 '17 at 4:31
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Strictly speaking correct answer is using BASH_ALIASES array, e.g.:
$ echo ${BASH_ALIASES[ls]}
ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
add a comment |
Strictly speaking correct answer is using BASH_ALIASES array, e.g.:
$ echo ${BASH_ALIASES[ls]}
ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
add a comment |
Strictly speaking correct answer is using BASH_ALIASES array, e.g.:
$ echo ${BASH_ALIASES[ls]}
ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
Strictly speaking correct answer is using BASH_ALIASES array, e.g.:
$ echo ${BASH_ALIASES[ls]}
ls -F --color=auto --show-control-chars
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
answered Jan 13 '17 at 12:12
noonexnoonex
18013
18013
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
add a comment |
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
1
1
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
I found this useful in a situation where I wanted programmatic access to the actual statement being aliased without the human-useful stuff around it.
– M. Justin
Mar 6 '17 at 20:16
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
this isn't working in zsh
– ProGrammar
Apr 18 '18 at 13:22
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
@ProGrammar the question was about bash - for zsh you should look questions about zsh
– noonex
Apr 18 '18 at 20:19
add a comment |
You could use the which command.
If you set an alias for ls as ls -al and then type which ls, you will see:
ls: aliased to ls -al.
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
bash has nowhichcommand.
– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
whichis a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
add a comment |
You could use the which command.
If you set an alias for ls as ls -al and then type which ls, you will see:
ls: aliased to ls -al.
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
bash has nowhichcommand.
– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
whichis a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
add a comment |
You could use the which command.
If you set an alias for ls as ls -al and then type which ls, you will see:
ls: aliased to ls -al.
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
You could use the which command.
If you set an alias for ls as ls -al and then type which ls, you will see:
ls: aliased to ls -al.
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
edited Aug 5 '14 at 7:59
Luís de Sousa
9,1101752100
9,1101752100
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
answered Aug 5 '14 at 7:36
user312471user312471
391
391
bash has nowhichcommand.
– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
whichis a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
add a comment |
bash has nowhichcommand.
– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
whichis a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.
– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
bash has no
which command.– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
bash has no
which command.– geirha
Sep 11 '14 at 9:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
Not working for me..
– Chiel ten Brinke
Mar 15 '16 at 13:34
2
2
which is a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
which is a bad way to lookup aliases as explained here: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10525/… It doesn't even work for me for aliases in bash on Ubuntu.– Sujay Phadke
Sep 24 '16 at 6:36
add a comment |
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