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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

linux rookie here, what's the command to reverse an alias then? do you just "alias ls ls" to overwrite it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Backlash. \ls would get you regular ls. Note that ls already is aliased on some popular distros with some common flags.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

You can use unalias, or you can use a backslash in front of an aliased command or surround it in double quotes to ignore the alias temporarily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

There's unalias