Ah excellent! Thanks! I hope it goes into Debian too. It somehow feels good that I am not the only one who needs this.
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675008) ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #675008 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675008 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186284 Title: Add a mechanism to add systemwide aliases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1186284/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs