[clug] More in the list of things that someone should have told me long ago.

Ian Munsie darkstarsword at gmail.com
Fri Nov 28 06:47:51 MST 2014


> The original post was a misquote ("ca" instead of "cat").
>
> alias ca="pygmentize -g"

That's not a misquote - it sets up "ca" as an alias for "pygmentize
-g" (in other words, a faster way to type it).

I definitely would not recommend aliasing it to cat, since that will
effectively replace cat for your interactive shell, which may lead to
unexpected consequences.

Cheers,
-Ian

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