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Run a command that is shadowed by an alias

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – Let's say i have the following alias in bash - alias ls='ls --color=auto' - and i want to call ordinary ls without options. Is the only way to do that is to unalias, do the command and then alias again? Or there is some nifty trick or workaround? (HowTos)

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Submitted by Songlist on 05/25/2012

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Post your alias'! 43 weeks 2 days ago

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Where are aliases defined? 3 years 35 weeks ago

Hello,

Upon a fresh install of Fedora 11 (and as a Fedora n00b), I noticed there are several aliases defined for me.

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set alias in bash scripts 2 years 41 weeks ago

I tried this to set an alias:

alias lsf='ls -f'

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SCRIPT:

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I get the following output: line 3: lsf: command not found

Any ideas?

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In my /home/user/.bashrc file, I have those aliases to prevent mistakes:

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Problems with bash scripting 1 year 14 weeks ago

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Hi,

I wrote a alias script and I want to run this script every day at 10 AM. I don't want to mention this alias command in .profile(Since alias commands are nearly 30 to use).