how to make ls do cd and vice versa

[Cupar19]

don't ask why but in ubuntu 18.04 how do i swap cd and ls so that ls does what cd should and cd does what ls should

 

 

 

thanks

[factorialandha]

if you are using bash, you can issue the below commands

 

alias ls="cd"

alias cd="ls"

 

however i really have to ask.... why ?

[Cupar19]

1 hour ago, factorialandha said:

if you are using bash, you can issue the below commands

 

alias ls="cd"

alias cd="ls"

 

however i really have to ask.... why ?

to confuze people

[Cupar19]

1 hour ago, factorialandha said:

if you are using bash, you can issue the below commands

 

alias ls="cd"

alias cd="ls"

 

however i really have to ask.... why ?

i just tried that but it didnt work

[factorialandha]

Just now, Cupar19 said:

i just tried that but it didnt work

What do you get? need to make sure you are using a compatible bash shell and not a different one.

 

works for me here.

[Cupar19]

1 hour ago, factorialandha said:

What do you get? need to make sure you are using a compatible bash shell and not a different one.

 

works for me here.

odd they just do the normal command, but something like alias  ls='pickle' works

[factorialandha]

are you sure they are doing the normal command ? 

 

ls and cd on there own dont return anything if the folder you are in is empty.

 

try doing and past the output.

 

alias ls="cd"

ls /var/

 

below is my output.

 

root@localhost:~# alias ls="cd"
root@localhost:~# ls /var/
rroot@localhost:/var# 

 

also find out which shell you are using by doing the below

root@localhost:/var# echo $0
bash
 

[Cupar19]

1 hour ago, factorialandha said:

are you sure they are doing the normal command ? 

 

ls and cd on there own dont return anything if the folder you are in is empty.

 

try doing and past the output.

 

alias ls="cd"

ls /var/

 

below is my output.

 

root@localhost:~# alias ls="cd"
root@localhost:~# ls /var/
rroot@localhost:/var# 

 

also find out which shell you are using by doing the below

root@localhost:/var# echo $0
bash
 

backups  crash  local  log   metrics  run   spool  www
cache    lib    lock   mail  opt      snap  tmp
 

[Cupar19]

1 hour ago, Cupar19 said:

backups  crash  local  log   metrics  run   spool  www
cache    lib    lock   mail  opt      snap  tmp
 

-bash

[factorialandha]

1 minute ago, Cupar19 said:

backups  crash  local  log   metrics  run   spool  www
cache    lib    lock   mail  opt      snap  tmp
 

then im a little stumped, there should be no reason it doesnt work. 

 

as you are using bash, aliases should be fine. 

[linuxgod]

What does your ~/.bashrc show? Paste it in Pastebin and put the link here.

[killergoalie]

So I've sort of done something similiar in AIX, I think what you need to do is rename the ls command in /usr/bin (or where ever it's stored in Ubuntu) to say nols, then set your alias for cd

 ie :

mv ls nols

alias cd = ls

or you could just symlink cd to ls