An alias is an alternative name. In computer science, the most common contexts are command aliases in shells, column aliases in databases, or variable references in languages like C++.
For bash aliases use the bash-alias tag.
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Vite config files and aliases
I have files I want to import based on environment. Currently I import it into the file like this
import { myConfig } from "../config/my-config";
however I would like to do it based on environment import the correct config file based on…
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bash alias to echo and execute command which has arguments
I am trying to write a bash alias to execute a command, and echo it as well.
Tried various methods mentioned in StackOverflow and other places, but nothing seems to work for this scenario.
My current alias (a much shortened example) is:
alias…
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Error with using alias for executable with mpirun/mpiexec
I have set up an alias for my LAMMPS executable, lmp_mpi, in my .zshrc file. Using just the alias on its own works fine, but when coupled with mpirun/mpiexec, which have worked previously when I just used the file path for lmp_mpi instead of the…
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Python Selenium Geckodriver autoinstall: permission denied when getting Firefox version
I was running a python script that has been fine on several different distros, but is giving me trouble on Gentoo. The problem command is geckodriver_autoinstaller.install():
Traceback (most recent call last):
File…
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VS Code replacing all TypeScript path aliases with single backslash character
I'm currently working on a React Native app using Expo, and the project has TypeScript path aliases set up. The aliases seem to work fine; imports resolve correctly, and the app builds as expected. However, VS Code never correctly autocompletes the…
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Powershell - alias for Array values?
is it possible to use some short names / aliases for values in Array ?
For example, we must test connection to FDQN but we would like to display result as short names.
$array = @( "youtube.com" , "google.com" )
$result = test-connection $array…
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Sequelize Error: You have used the alias values in two separate associations. Aliased associations must have unique aliases
This is my code:
public getSpecs = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
try {
const MasterSpecCategory = models[res.locals.project].master_spec_category;
const MasterSpec =…
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Issues with Paths when Saving Commit Messages using Notepad++ from Linux WSL
I installed the Ubuntu WSL on my Windows 11. To learn Linux and Use Git, of all things.
I was given Instructions to change my .bash_profile located on Linux Home directory (~) and create an alias like this:
alias npp='/mnt/c/"Program…
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Bash Alias with ternary?
Still dipping my toes in bash coding and trying to crate a 1 liner alias to:
if 'perms' is entered w/out a parameter, it does a stat -c '%a - %n' *
else if 'perms' is entered with a parameter it does stat -c '%a - %n'
Goal is if no…
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How to set an alias of a command and it's argument in Windows Powershell?
I am on a Windows 11 machine (Powershell v5.1) and I am trying to alias the rust rewrite of coreutils to appropriate commands in powershell. For example, I need to call coreutils echo to access the echo command and similarly for mv, cat, cp etc. So…
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Path aliasing not working with Next/React/Jest tests
I know this issue has been raised a few times but I've tried every solution I can find on stack overflow with no joy. My path aliasing works fine in terms of rendering content, but when I try to run a test, it says Cannot find module '@/components'…
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Unable to display object alias as object header inside a frame or package
Using plantuml I would like to create an object with an alias, so I can manipulate the object by means of it's actual name/ID (bar and baz in my example), but its header will show the alias ("Foo"). Also, I would like to group objects in some frame…
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Creating Custom Friendship Associations Based Around an "Event" Model
I've been researching friendship models using roles, custom associations, etc. But I haven't been able to connect my project to the concepts in a clear way.
I want a "User" to be able to create an event I'm calling a "Gather". A User can also attend…
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expected to contain @selectedText
What i want to do is compare that the text in class "ellipsis-2-lines text-lg text-weight-semibold" is the same as h1 on next open page
this test throws an error: expected to contain @selectedText
I think…
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Elasticsearch alias not being created on index creation
I'm using the go-elasticsearch API in my application to create indices in an Elastic.co cloud cluster. The application dynamically creates an index with a template and then starts indexing documents. The template includes an alias name and look like…
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