alias for ll (list files in long format)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Server papercuts |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Dustin Kirkland | ||
base-files (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
bash (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Dustin Kirkland |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: bash
I spent a couple of days last week working with some long time RedHat/SuSE sysadmins. They must have typed the 'll' bash alias/command a hundred times in two days.
Actually, this is heavily discussed in several of posts on Ubuntu forums and blogs as an annoying omission from Ubuntu. e.g.:
* https:/
* http://
It's such a *minor* thing, but a really noticeable difference between RH/SUSE servers, and the Ubuntu command line interface.
We should be able to add:
alias ll='ls -alF'
in either /etc/bash.bashrc or /etc/skel/.bashrc and really make a minor, but noticeable difference to many traditional Unix/Linux sysadmins considering a switch to Ubuntu.
I suggest that this should be part of the Lucid Server Papercuts effort, in that we're talking about 1 line of code that will make interaction with Ubuntu *so* much better for first time Ubuntu command line users. (Ubuntu has made similar changes recently, such as the colored grep alias.)
Changed in bash (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in server-papercuts: | |
assignee: | nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
milestone: | none → lucid-beta-2 |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in server-papercuts: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Easy, clean little patch attached here.
I'll gladly upload this, if I can get someone to verify that this functionality is okay by the Foundations cabal. Ideally, it would get some support from the server-papercuts project too ;-)