List all aliases available in fish/bash shell

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Is there a way to list all aliases, something like:

$ ls-aliases
.. "cd .."
la "ls -Gla"
gs "git stash"
etc...

Also is it possible to add human readable descriptions to aliases ?

I'm on a MacOSX

If your alias is complex enough to need a comment or description, it should probably be a function instead. — chepner, Oct 09 '16 at 14:55
`fish` and `bash` are two different shells, from completely different families with no pretense or attempt at mutual compatibility. Asking for both in the same question is questionable -- it'd be like asking how to do the same thing in LISP and C. — Charles Duffy, Dec 31 '18 at 02:57
(Moreover, questions about interactive use belong on [unix.se] or [SuperUser](https://superuser.com/), not Stack Overflow -- per https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic, only questions "unique to software development" are topical here; and aliases aren't even enabled in scripts at all!) — Charles Duffy, Dec 31 '18 at 02:58

score 28 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 11 '16 at 14:21

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In bash:

To list all aliases:

alias

To add a comment, just put it at the end of the command, e.g.:

$ alias foo='echo bar #some description'

$ foo
bar

$ alias foo
alias foo='echo bar #some description'

edited Oct 11 '16 at 14:21

glenn jackman

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answered Oct 09 '16 at 09:26

heemayl

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Is this for bash or fish? – James K Oct 09 '16 at 09:29
@JamesK `bash`, clarified. – heemayl Oct 09 '16 at 09:29
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`alias` didn't work in fish but `functions` does, although not very readable. `-, ., .., ..., D, N_, abbr, alias, aliases, c, cd, cleanup, cnpm, contains_seq, d`, `functions | sort -u` helps but doesn't have descriptions/command – Labithiotis Oct 09 '16 at 09:30

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 18:39

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If someone stumbles upon this like I did:

Current fish version (3.0.2) has alias (without params) that lists all aliases.

(Similarly abbr lists all abbreviations.)

(@heemayl pointed out that bash has alias as well...)

answered Aug 05 '19 at 18:39

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '16 at 21:34

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Note that in fish the alias command creates a function using the alias name that wraps the alias value. So there isn't currently any way to list just "aliases". You can use the functions command to list the names of all the defined functions (which by definition includes aliases). If you want the names one per line just functions | cat.

answered Oct 09 '16 at 21:34

Kurtis Rader

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If you want to show the implementation of all the funtions, do `type (functions)` – glenn jackman Oct 11 '16 at 14:22

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 11 '18 at 18:16

You can add your own fish function to list aliases like so:

$ function aliases --description "list all fish aliases"          0|19:02:45
      for f in (functions)
          functions $f | grep \'alias
      end
  end

Then save it

$ funcsave aliases

And call it

$ aliases

Example output:

function fishc --description 'alias fishc=vim ~/.config/fish/config.fish' 
function flutter --description 'alias flutter=~/Repos/DevResources/flutter/bin/flutter' 
function imgcat --description 'alias imgcat=~/.iterm2/imgcat' 
function imgls --description 'alias imgls=~/.iterm2/imgls' 
function inkscape --description 'alias inkscape=/usr/local/Cellar/inkscape/0.92.2_1/bin/inkscape'

This is not needed with the `functions` builtin. Not sure what version it arrived. — Gringo Suave, Dec 31 '18 at 02:17

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 31 '18 at 02:20

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Fish:

⏵ functions
abbr, ack, acs, alias, calc, cd…

⏵ functions ls
function ls
    command ls -A -x --si --color --classify --group-directories-first $argv;
end

answered Dec 31 '18 at 02:20

Gringo Suave

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