Alias in Unix

[dgigga]

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!

[Geek-9pm]

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

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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