Alias (command) - Overriding Aliases

Overriding Aliases

In Unix shells, if an alias exists for a command, it is possible to override the alias by surrounding the command with quotes or prefixing it with a backslash. For example, consider the following alias definition:

alias ls='ls -la'

To override this alias and execute the ls command as it was originally defined, the following syntax can be used:

'ls'

or

\ls

In the 4DOS/4NT shell it is possible to override an alias by prefixing it with an asterisk. For example, consider the following alias definition:

alias dir = *dir /2/p

The asterisk in the 2nd instance of dir causes the unaliased dir to be invoked, preventing recursive alias expansion. Also the user can get the unaliased behaviour of dir at the command line by using the same syntax:

*dir

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