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by panzi 63 days ago
Nope. I have this alias (a default on my distribution) and it's no loop:

    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
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yorwba 63 days ago
Creating an alias is not the same as putting an executable in your $PATH.
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panzi 62 days ago
That's true. So an alias won't do it if you use that tool from a script or something.
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