[ale] alias? or script?

[Keith Hopkins]

Stephen Turner wrote:
> hey say i wanted to do something like, 'find gzip /' i think thats the
> order, anyways just as an example :-p but i wanted to like change the
> word, find to search or what ever, some other word or letter combination
> :-p do i do that in alias? or a script? like can i just say " alias search
> = find" and everytime i type search it use the find command instead?
> 

Ney, oh misguided one.  If though are really seeking to find files, "locate" is the command you seek.  Unless you are looking for something you just installed, then locate is a lot faster than find.

Otherwize, if you just wish to rename a command, then 'alias search="find"' works just fine.

Turn up the mantras.
-- 
Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith

P.S. Writing a script to do the same will work, but it is slower because you add the overhead of forking a new shell for running the script itself.


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