Re: [SLE] Dir command question...
From: Dylan (dylan_at_dylan.me.uk)
Date: 01/03/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:18:37 +0000
On Saturday 03 January 2004 15:32 pm, Paul Cooke wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> so I can quite happily edit my alias to be:
>
> alias dir="/usr/bin/dir -l --color=auto"
>
> to have the exact same output effect as ls -l currently has also
> the options available for the "dir" program will be correctly passed
> to dir if I do put options on the line to 'override' those the alias
> uses.
Yes indeed, but you only need alias dir="dir -l --color=auto".
>
> Currently, if I do "dir --version" I get:
> |ls (coreutils) 5.0
> |Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
> |
> |Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> |This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
> | is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> | PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> and executing "\dir --version" gives:
> |dir (coreutils) 5.0
> |Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
> |
> |Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> |This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
> | is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> | PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> this is a daft situation...
The fact of a pair of programs with partially duplicated function? Not
really.
Dylan
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