From: "John Andersen" <jsa@pen.homeip.net>
Yes, I had to ask, because I've never (knowingly) used alias before. You will have to forgive me, I've only been using linux since redhat 5.1.
Red Hat 5.1 is where I learned the Alias trick. I discovered a few of their aliases by accident. Actually I had suspected they were there. The Amiga people adopted a lot of the 'ix world tricks, some clever mainframe tricks, some clever VMS tricks, and so on. I figured alias would be on 'ix. But I tripped over "ll", I think it was, early on. (That is an alias for "ls -l".) It's surprising you never ran across it. It's a wonderful tool! (And I'm a little testy today. I explained to someone why I tend to sign nearly anonymously most of the time. I was probably one of the very first online stalking victims in the world. It was a nasty nasty experience. I've been very wary ever since.) {^_^} Joanne