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Episode 40 - Bash Aliases vs. Functions

1.12.2024

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What is an alias? How to create them.

What is a function? How to create them.

Some miscellany along the way... :-)

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Episode 40 - Bash Aliases vs. Functions

Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.

Weitere Episoden von „Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.“

Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners

Episode 46 - cd and select aliases

Episode 45: which and tldr

Episode 44: I'm back, and 'grep'

Five basic Linux commands

Episode 42: lr function, commands ls and rsync

Episode 41 - Virtual Machines, CLI Functions, tldr

Episode 40 - Bash Aliases vs. Functions

Episode 39 - Command Line Pipes and other useful info

Episode 38 - Shell Variables