How can I tell what command an alias stands for?

ll is a common alias in many Linux distros.
How can I tell what it aliases to?

I’ve tried checking my .bashrc, but I am not able tell what ll is equivalent to.

Answers:

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Method 1

You can use the alias command.

$ alias ll
ll='ls --color=auto -Flh'

Method 2

You can find a list of aliases on the system with the following command

type -a ll

ll is aliased to `ls -alF’

As a side note, you can see a list of all aliases on the system with

compgen -a

Method 3

Typing in the command also lists all the aliases in the shell

alias

Method 4

From the manual page for command:

If either the ‘-V’ or ‘-v’ option is supplied, a description of command is printed.

So, command -v ll might produce this output: alias ll='ls -l'.


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