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B.3. Predefined Aliases

A number of aliases are predefined, i.e. automatically built-in to ksh at compile time. They are listed in the table below. Note that some of them are defined with a trailing space character. This enables alias expansion on the word following the alias on the command line.

Name Chapter Full value
autoload 4, 6 alias autoload='typeset -fu'
command 7 alias command='command '
fc 2 alias fc=hist
float 6 alias float='typeset -E'
functions 6 alias functions='typeset -f'
hash 3 alias hash='alias -t --'
history 2 alias history='hist -l'
integer 6 alias integer='typeset -i'
nameref 4 alias nameref='typeset -n'
nohup 3, 8 alias nohup='nohup '
r 2 alias r='hist -s'
redirect 9 alias redirect='command exec'
stop 8 alias stop='kill -s STOP'
times   alias times='{ {time;} 2>&1;}'
type 4 alias type='whence -v'



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