using echo 'text' > file (to add to last line of several documents)

[mike hoy]

my favorite alias
alias lsd="ls -d */"


On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:

> On 10/27/2010 02:28 PM, der.hans wrote:
>
>> Am 27. Oct, 2010 schwätzte Eric Shubert so:
>>
>>  Thanks for clearing that up for me hans (and Dale).
>>> I'll still steer clear of aliases though. When I find myself doing
>>> something repetitively, I'll write a script. ;)
>>>
>>
>> I also prefer scripts, but I don't have any good reasons to not use
>> aliases.
>>
>> The reason you find they can introduce confusion is actually a good reason
>> to use them, e.g. the ls alias available on most distros at this point
>> that turn on colorized output.
>>
>> $ type ls
>> ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
>>
>
> That's cosmetic, so I really don't mind that too much. I'd prefer a new
> command be used though, such as lsc in this case, or such as ll being
> aliased to `ls -l`. I dislike its use to alter the behavior/defaults of
> existing commands though.
>
>
>  I'm still opposed to using aliases to change data retention behavior for
>> commands such as aliasing rm to rm -i.
>>
>
> +1
>
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
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Mike Hoy
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