Im constantly doing "ls -ahl" whenever I want to list what is in the directory. Is there a way for me to make -ahl the default args passed when I do "ls" or should I just create an alias like "alias lsa=ls -ahl" in bash_profile?
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You could just alias ls itself. So something like:
alias ls='ls -ahl'
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3you can but it can be annoying if you forget you've done it better to just use a fresh command imo – FGhilardi Feb 02 '12 at 21:41
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Set an alias in your ~/.bash_profile file.
alias ls="ls -ahl"
A couple of common aliases that I use all the time are:
alias ll="ls -lh --color"
alias l="ls -1"
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Create an alias in your .bashrc. You can even call it ls and override the program.
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