On Friday, 10th February 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: >-alias la ls -a >+alias la ls -aF > alias lf ls -FA >-alias ll ls -lA >+alias ll ls -lAF >+alias ls ls -F > >Two people didn't like these changes but didn't explain why. This is >incredibly helpful, especially for a new user. If you dislike the >alias change please explain what bothers you about it? You should never, ever alias over a standard command in a default profile. It will only train new users incorrectly. Having to use \ls to get the real ls is not an answer. If you think -F should be the default behaviour of ls, commit it directly to the ls source. Then run away fast! :-) As for the other ls aliases, I don't see the point given "lf" already exists. My only advice for your overall .cshrc changes is to be minimal and aim low. You may have a chance at consensus then. Good luck! By the way, one of the nice things about FreeBSD vs Linux is that less shell configuration is set up by default, so less work is needed to undo it all before you can get your own settings done. Every "helpful" thing that is set in /.cshrc or any other global config file is something someone somewhere will have to discover and turn off. Try not to make it too hard for them. Stephen.Received on Sat Feb 11 2012 - 01:56:48 UTC
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