Define alias that references other aliases

Question

I\'d need to be able to define an alias in a Debian shell that includes other aliases, for a project I\'m currently working on.

Let\'s look at a code example to make thi

Answer 1

I used this in csh and it worked for me :

alias new_alias 'vi old_alias'

Answer 2

Here is an example of alias that i'm using

#clear
alias cls='clear; ls'
alias ccls='cd; cls' # used alias cls

Answer 3

To reuse alias in another alias use:

foobar='foo;bar'

However I would suggest you to consider using shell function to get better control over this.

Answer 4

Following @anubhava's sage advice:

foo() { echo foo; }
bar() { echo bar; }
foobar() { echo "$(foo)$(bar)"; }
fooandbar() { echo "$(foo)and$(bar)"; }

Spaces and semicolons inside {} are required there.