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Software => BSD, Linux, and Unix => Topic started by: dgigga on October 22, 2013, 01:47:22 PM

Title: Alias in Unix
Post by: dgigga on October 22, 2013, 01:47:22 PM

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie and working on my class assignment. Any help or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Create an alias called whopw

alias whopw='ypcat passwd | grep `whoami`'

When executed, will the alias output your entry from the ypcat passwd file?


Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Alias in Unix
Post by: Geek-9pm on October 22, 2013, 02:48:05 PM

Please do not use bold for the whole post.

At a console you can type
man alias
at get concise information about alias.
OR
you can also search the internet the same way.
Here is one of many

 (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/alias.1posix.html)

Quote

Ubuntu man pages alias[/url]
DESCRIPTION

       The  alias  utility shall create or redefine alias definitions or write
       the values of existing alias definitions to standard output.  An  alias
       definition  provides  a  string value that shall replace a command name
       when it is encountered; see Alias Substitution .
...

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