Define an alias in fish shell

Solution 1:

Just use alias. Here's a basic example:

# Define alias in shell
alias rmi "rm -i"

# Define alias in config file
alias rmi="rm -i"

# This is equivalent to entering the following function:
function rmi
    rm -i $argv
end

# Then, to save it across terminal sessions:
funcsave rmi

This last command creates the file ~/.config/fish/functions/rmi.fish.

Interested people might like to find out more about fish aliases in the official manual.

Solution 2:

This is how I define a new function foo, run it, and save it persistently.

sthorne@pearl~> function foo
                    echo 'foo was here'
                end
sthorne@pearl~> foo
foo was here
sthorne@pearl~> funcsave foo

Solution 3:

For posterity, fish aliases are just functions:

$ alias foo="echo bar"
$ type foo
foo is a function with definition
function foo
    echo bar $argv; 
end

To remove it

$ unalias foo
/usr/bin/unalias: line 2: unalias: foo: not found
$ functions -e foo
$ type foo
type: Could not find “foo”