I’ve got a screen sessions named BedrockServer. I’ve entered the alias like this: But when I type alias, it lists it as and the alias doesn’t work. I’ve tried messing around with the quotes and using backslashes before the quotes and before the dollar sign, but nothing fixes it. Any id…
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Encountered error using awk in an alias command (bash)
Good day, Im trying to create an alias using awk to filter based on a column which has number greater than a set limit. Its ok when used as a command line but when I assign it as an alias, it prompts error. $5 is column 5 on the grep output while 15 is the set limit. When I set
Is it possible to get command arguments now executing?
I want to declare aliases which append argument if no argument specified. For example, I expected executing vimtutor with no argument is replaced to vimtutor ja.utf-8, but it doesn’t work properly. So, I tried some tests on bash shell. And I understood it is impossible to get command arguments now executing i…
Is it possible to set an alias for a string?
As I’m so lazy, I don’t want to type 192.168.1 everytime anymore. I tried this: root@kali:~# alias “ip” = “192.168.1” That does not seem to work. As an example off what I try to accomplish: I don’t want to type this anymore: root@kali:~# hping3 -S –scan 1-1000 1…
Is there any drawback to using functions instead of aliases?
Bash functions are more versatile than aliases. For example, they accept parameters. Is there any drawback to going full function style and completely drop aliases, even for simple cases? I can imagine that maybe functions are more resource intensive, but have no data to back that up. Any other reason to keep…
Bash alias cpu usage
I’ve tried this command but I have a percentage error calculator: Thank you for help Answer Change it to this: was missing after 100 -.
Run script when a command is executed irrespective of the command’s arguments
When any of these commands are run I want them to run a certain script. Something like alias ?=’some_script.sh’ (the question mark in this case means the rm command with any arguments.) How can this be done? I don’t HAVE to use aliases, anything that works is fine. Answer Don’t use an …
Creating Linux Alias to list only Directories
I’m wanting to create an alias called dir for KSH that will show only the sub-directories in a cluttered directory with many files and directories. I can output a single-column list of the directories, but I am having a problem converting the single-column list into a multi-column. I want it to automati…
Bash script to execute commands on system boot up
I am trying to make a bash script to check for two data values and weather or not they are set to 1 or 0 I want to do something. These values usually are set on system bootup and are defined usually after system is completely up (that is why I am using a while loop to keep checking until
Git aliases – command line autocompletion of branch names
If I run a regular git command such as git checkout I get helpful autocompletion of branch names when hitting the tab key. I have a few git aliases which take branch names as parameters, and I’m wondering if there’s a way of getting the branch name autocompletion to work with them? Edit: Just to p…