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.. _aliases:
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Built-in Aliases
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This page describes the xonsh built-in commands and aliases.
``cd``
===================
Changes the directory. If no directory is specified (i.e. if there are no arguments)
then this changes to the current user's home directory.
``pushd``
===================
Adds a directory to the top of the directory stack, or rotates the stack,
making the new top of the stack the current working directory.
``popd``
===================
Removes entries from the directory stack.
``dirs``
===================
Displays the list of currently remembered directories. Can also be used to clear the
directory stack.
``jobs``
===================
Display a list of all current jobs.
``fg``
===================
Bring the currently active job to the foreground, or, if a single number is
given as an argument, bring that job to the foreground.
``bg``
====================
Resume execution of the currently active job in the background, or, if a
single number is given as an argument, resume that job in the background.
``EOF``, ``exit``, and ``quit``
===================================
The commands ``EOF``, ``exit``, and ``quit`` all alias the same action, which is to
leave xonsh in a safe manner. Typing ``Crtl-d`` is the same as typing ``EOF`` and
pressing enter.
``xexec``
====================
xexec uses the ``os.execvpe()`` function to replace the xonsh process with
the specified program. This provides the functionality of the bash ``exec``
builtin.
.. code-block:: bash
>>> xexec bash
bash $
``source``
====================
Executes the contents of the provided files in the current context. This, of course,
only works on xonsh and Python files.
``source-bash``
====================
Like the ``source`` command but for Bash files. It implements Bash's source builtin.
``history``
====================
Tools for dealing with xonsh history. See `the history tutorial <tutorial_hist.html>`_
for more information all the history command and all of its sub-commands.
``replay``
=====================
Replays a xonsh history file. See `the replay section of the history tutorial
<tutorial_hist.html#replay-action>`_ for more information about this command.
``!n``
====================
Re-runs the nth command as specified in the argument.
``!!``
==============
Re-runs the last command. Just a wrapper around ``!n``.
``timeit``
===============
Runs timing study on arguments. Similar to IPython's ``%timeit`` magic.
``scp-resume``
=================
Simple alias defined as ``['rsync', '--partial', '-h', '--progress', '--rsh=ssh']``.
``ipynb``
=================
Simple alias defined as ``['ipython', 'notebook', '--no-browser']``.
Windows cmd Aliases
=======================
The following aliases on Windows are expanded to ``['cmd', '/c', alias]``:
.. code-block:: python
{'cls': ['cmd', '/c', 'cls'],
'copy': ['cmd', '/c', 'copy'],
'del': ['cmd', '/c', 'del'],
'dir': ['cmd', '/c', 'dir'],
'erase': ['cmd', '/c', 'erase'],
'md': ['cmd', '/c', 'md'],
'mkdir': ['cmd', '/c', 'mkdir'],
'mklink': ['cmd', '/c', 'mklink'],
'move': ['cmd', '/c', 'move'],
'rd': ['cmd', '/c', 'rd'],
'ren': ['cmd', '/c', 'ren'],
'rename': ['cmd', '/c', 'rename'],
'rmdir': ['cmd', '/c', 'rmdir'],
'time': ['cmd', '/c', 'time'],
'type': ['cmd', '/c', 'type'],
'vol': ['cmd', '/c', 'vol'],
}
``which`` on Windows
=====================
On Windows, ``which`` is aliased to ``['where']``.
``ls``
====================
The ``ls`` command is aliased to ``['ls', '--color=auto', '-v']`` normally. On Mac OSX
it is instead aliased to ``['ls', '-G']``.
``grep``
====================
The ``grep`` command is aliased to ``['grep', '--color=auto']``.