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[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 10 points 10 months ago

Something I did to someone who needed to know the effects of not locking ones screen when away: alias ls to echo 'Error: file not found'. Took them a good hour to figure out what was wrong with their machine ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

linux rookie here, what's the command to reverse an alias then? do you just "alias ls ls" to overwrite it?

[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Backlash. \ls would get you regular ls. Note that ls already is aliased on some popular distros with some common flags.

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You can use unalias, or you can use a backslash in front of an aliased command or surround it in double quotes to ignore the alias temporarily.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Alias 'ls' to 'sl' for fun times

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