Aliases too simple

[kriva]

I'm still getting used to PowerShell, trying to use it as much as possible.

One snag I'm hitting is that my unix background leads me to expect and want some things that I'm having difficulty finding.

For example, I'd like to fix it so that

- 'ls' would mean 'get-childitem -force -name'
- 'dir' would mean 'get-childitem -force'

What is the best way to do this?

I wasted a little time trying to define these as aliases, since I didn't realize that PS aliases are one-word items.

 

[kriva]

more to the question:

I can define functions that do what I want, for example:

function l ([string] $a) { get-childitem -force -name }

but how can I put this in place of the built-in "ls"?

When I do

remove-item alias:ls

it seems to alter, but not remove the "ls" alias. The output format changes, and it's still listed in the "alias" command.

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Kevin Kelleher

 

[kriva]

Oh, never mind... I got it now.

After I removed the "ls" alias, I did a "which ls" and found that it's finding an ls.exe in a unix emulation package I installed.

So now in my profile I do:

remove-item alias:ls
function ls ([string] $a) { get-childitem -force -name $a }



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Kevin Kelleher