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Alias
|
Definition
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Function
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|---|---|---|
| app | cat >> | Append to a file. |
| beep | eval echo -n ^a | Beep sound. |
| breaksw | break | Older BSD4.3 name for a break statement inside a switch. |
| cdd | cd +c | Change the directory and disk in one command. |
| copy | local s; @ s = $nowild; @ nowild = 1; safecopy | Invoke the standard IBM/MS copy command with shell wildcarding turned off so copy will work sensibly. |
| date | dt | Display the current time and date. |
| del | local s; @ s = $nowild; @ nowild = 1; safedel | Invoke the del command with shell wildcarding turned off so "del *.*" will still produce the "Are you sure?" message. |
| di | diff -b! | Run the diff command, ignoring white space differences and using color to highlight the changes. |
| dir | cmd /c dir | Invoke the cmd.exe dir command. (Alternately, you may wish to intercept dir the same way copy or del is done, turning off shell wildcarding before running the command.) |
| duc | du -c | Disk usage for the current disk only. |
| dumphist | history -s > ~\history.csh | Dump out the history list. |
| endif | end | Older BSD4.3 name for the end of an if statement. |
| endsw | end | Older BSD4.3 name for the end of switch statement. |
| erase | del | Alternate name for del. |
| f | fgrep | Quicker name for fgrep. |
| fn | fgrep -n | Fgrep and print line numbers. |
| g | grep | Quicker name for grep. |
| h | history | Quicker name for history. |
| help | Under OS/2, invoke the IBM/Microsoft help command. Under Windows NT or Windows 95, this is a procedure using winerror (in the samples directory) to print the message corresponding to the return code from the last command. | |
| home | cdd ~ | Change to the home disk and directory. |
| ld | ls -a +D -. | List only the subdirectories. |
| ll | ls -L | List directories, long format. |
| loadhist | source -n ~\history.csh | Load the history list without executing any of it. |
| md | mkdir | Make directories. |
| mi | more -i | Quick interactive startup of your favorite version more. Clears the screen when it starts up and doesn't just exit if there's less than a screenful. |
| mih | moreh -i | Huge interactive more. (OS/2 only.) |
| mis | more -i | Small interactive more. (OS/2 only.) |
| pause | echo -n Press any key when ready ...; @ getchar; echo | Pause, waiting for any keystroke or character from stdin. |
| q | exit | Exit the C shell |
| rd | rmdir | Remove empty directories. |
| ren | rename | Another name for the rename alias. |
| rename | local s; @ s = nowild; @ nowild = 1; saferename | Invoke the standard IBM/MS rename command with shell wildcarding turned off so the rename will work sensibly. |
| rot13 | tr 'n-za-mN-ZA-M' 'a-zA-Z' | Encoder/Decoder for off-color jokes on Internet. |
| start | cmd /c start | Start a new session via the cmd.exe start command. |
| type | cat | Copy files to stdout. |
| uud | uudecode | Uudecode binary data. |
| uue | uuencode -c | Uuencode using cp-style syntax. |
| vol | vl | List volume labels. |
| w | (wait; beep) | Wait for background processes and beep. |
| xcopy | local s; @ s = nowild; @ nowild = 1; safexcopy | Invoke the standard IBM/MS xcopy command with shell wildcarding turned off so xcopy will work sensibly. |
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