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Reputation: 11

How can I de-aliasing `dir` using shell command?

I'm learning some shell commands on ubuntu 12.04. But I had a hard time unaliasing something I have set before. For example,

$ alias dir ls
$ dir
[some files and directories]
$ unalias dir
- no such command.

Does Ubuntu not support dir command? How can I de-aliasing dir using shell command?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 169

Answers (1)

Flo Doe
Flo Doe

Reputation: 5381

First you ahve to define your alias using this syntax:

alias dir=ls

Then you can check if it worked out:

me@foo:~alias
alias dir='ls'
alias l.='ls -d .* --color=auto'
...

After this works you can simply unalias with:

unalias dir

I think the dir command is a binary in Ubuntu, you can check this using:

which dir

If it gives you a path to an executable you know that dir is no alias.

Upvotes: 1

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