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Jimbo: adding shell prompts to console snippets

2005-07-18T08:57:46Z

adding shell prompts to console snippets

Jimbo: "alias" looks really weird if you type it too many times in a row. =)

2005-07-18T08:56:55Z

"alias" looks really weird if you type it too many times in a row. =)

Smortex at 08:19, 13 July 2005

2005-07-13T08:19:21Z

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The [[unalias]] command is used to remove an aliased command (make with [[alias]]).

The syntax is always the same : to remove the alias ''foo''
unalias foo

See also: [[alias]]
[[Category : System Commands]]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
   > '''alias foo'''
   foo='bar'
 If we want to remove it, we simply use '''unalias''':
   > '''unalias foo'''
 And now we can see that it's gone:

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-The [[unalias]] command is used to remove an aliased command (make with [[alias]]).
+The [[unalias]] command is used to remove [[alias]]es from the shell.
-The syntax is always the same : to remove the alias ''foo''
+The syntax is always the same - for example, we can see that this system has an alias causing 'foo' to be interpreted as 'bar':
-  unalias foo
+ > '''alias foo'''
 See also: [[alias]]
 [[Category : System Commands]]