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fishshell alias without replacing command

I am having a trial of fishshell, currently using zsh

When I set an alias in fishshell config, e.g.

alias aa="abc -d -e -f"

Fishshell replaces the command with the actual command while I am typing the command. It is possibile to config it to work seamlessly without replacing the command?

Solution

  • What you're describing is abbreviations, not aliases. Abbreviations are commands that expand as you type them.

    Running a command like you described:

    alias aa="abc -d -e -f"

    will indeed set an alias that will not expand in-line.