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Is there any way to alias ";;" to "ll"?

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 425 / 2 Years ago, wed, july 6, 2022, 10:50:15

I am a huge fan of aliases. this feature REALLY makes my life easier.
I have the following alias set:
alias ll="ls-lah"

However, I frequently fatfinger ll to ;;
As a solution, I attempted to alias ;; to "ls-lah"
However, the ;; characters are not accepted in the .bash_aliases file as legitimate input.
Similarly, I have tried ;; but still no love.

Is there a way to alias the input ;; ?

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answered 2 Years ago terneive · Accepted Answer

> alias ';;'="ls -lah"

bash: alias: `;;': invalid alias name

Thus, bash does not allow creating this alias. So the answer to current question is: "no, there is no way to alias ";;" to "ll"?". ; is a reserved character in sh and bash to separate different commands on a single line.