Description
We have 24 conflicting names between PS aliases and /bin, /usr/bin, etc folders
# /bin
cat
cp
echo
kill
ls
mv
ps
pwd
rm
rmdir
sleep
# /usr/bin
cd
clear
cpp
diff
fc
man
ri
sort
tee
type
write
# /usr/sbin
ac
# /sbin
mount
We need to figure out what's out story about it.
I think it make sense to play around with different options to see pros and cons on practice.
Try it (the snippet is outdated, see the new snippet for 0.3.0 bellow)
You can add this snippet to your profile and easily switch from one mode to another
- Remove-PSAliases will remove aliases, so you can use native utilities.
- Set-PSAliases will restore aliases.
$global:__aliases = @(
'cat',
'cp',
'echo',
'kill',
'ls',
'mv',
'ps',
'pwd',
'rm',
'rmdir',
'sleep',
'cd',
'clear',
'cpp',
'diff',
'fc',
'man',
'ri',
'sort',
'tee',
'type',
'write',
'ac',
'mount'
)
function Set-PSAliases
{
$global:__aliases | % {
Write-Host "Adding $_"
Set-Alias $_ $global:__aliases_backup[$_] -Scope Global
}
}
function Remove-PSAliases
{
if (-not $global:__aliases_backup) {
$global:__aliases_backup = @{}
$global:__aliases | % {
$global:__aliases_backup[$_] = (Get-Command $_).ResolvedCommandName
}
}
$global:__aliases | % {
Write-Host "Removing $_"
while (Test-Path alias:$_) {
Remove-Item -Force alias:$_
}
}
}