Re: few questions

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 21, 10:29am, Bruno Bonfils wrote:
}
} alias ls='ls --color'
} alias 'ls -l'='ls -lh --color' <- doesn't work :(

This is what shell functions are for.

    function ls {
      case "$1" in
        -l) command ls --color -h "$@";;
        *) command ls --color "$@";;
      esac
    }

Equivalently but more obscurely:

    function ls {
      [[ "$1" == -l ]] && 1=-lh
      command ls --color "$@";
    }

Be sure to remove your alias for `ls' if you're going to use a function.

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