On 10/3/19, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 02:39, Lee <ler...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 10/2/19, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > >>> This is what shell functions are for. You can just drop the shell >>> functions into your ~/.bashrc and then use them in every interactive >>> shell thenceforth. > >>> I strongly recommend this approach over the aliases that were previously >>> suggested, by the way. Functions are so much cleaner. > >> How are functions cleaner? > >> I've been using aliases for I don't know how long and haven't noticed >> any problems: > >> what am I missing? > > Seeing as this is a FAQ, I hope it's not impolite for me to > respectfully chip-in with some links in reply:
Nope - not at all impolite; I appreciate the links. <.. snip ..> > I hope this is a useful response, apologies if you knew all this already. Yes - very useful. I have an uneven knowledge of linux. It wasn't until this year that I installed Debian at home and my work experience was as a windows user, ssh'ing into Red Hat servers. Thanks, Lee
