change alias status of "l" command

[rybnik]

The command "type l" (that's lowercase L) reveals that I currently have l aliased to `ls -CF'

I want l to be aliased to "ls -hl" instead. How do I go about that? I've never used aliases or symlinks before.

Sorry about the comic sans, but I thought that the default way that a lowercase L was printed was too confusing in the default font.

[kubicle]

I'm assuming you are using bash (the default interactive shell of *buntus), in which case that alias is set in ~/.bashrc.

You can edit the file to change the alias, or you can put your own aliases in a separate file ~/.bash_aliases which ~/.bashrc will source if it exists.

To make the new alias active you need to restart the shell or run the command "source ~/.bashrc".

Note: aliases set in .bashrc are per user (as every user has their own .bashrc).

[rybnik]

Thanks, kubicle! That works perfectly. It worked even without running source ~/.bashrc.

[kubicle]

It worked even without running source ~/.bashrc.

Perhaps you started the shell *after* you edited .bashrc?

Editing .bashrc (or .bash_aliases) won't affect currently running shells (without resourcing .bashrc). It will affect new shells as .bashrc is sourced automatically during shell initialization.

[rybnik]

Perhaps you started the shell *after* you edited .bashrc?

Yes.

[rybnik]

For the configuration that I specified, ~/.bashrc should contain the following line

alias l='ls -hl'

By default, the RHS of alias l will have something else.

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In openSUSE, by default, l is aliased to `ls -alF'

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meanings of options:

-F: append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
-a: don't ignore stuff that begins with a period

-h: print human readable sizes (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
-l: vertical (long) listing format

[vinnywright]

for some more on this ,,,,,,,

https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...t=bash+aliases

https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...t=bash+aliases

VINNY