How to use alias inside another alias in ZSH?
By Daniel Rodriguez •
Let's say I have the following alias definition in my ZSH config file:
alias myalias="cd /"how can I use myalias inside another alias? ie:
alias myaliasone="myalias && cd /usr"I have tried (with a real alias this one is a fake just for example purposes) but nothing happens and I am not able to see any errors as per debug or fix something, any ideas? If this is the right way to use alias inside another alias, do you know how I can debug this so I can find the root problem or what is happening?
11 Answer
There are two ways to do it:
Use a function instead of an alias
myalias() { cd /
}
alias myaliasone="myalias && cd /usr"Use the $aliases table
zmodload -F zsh/parameter p:aliases
alias myalias="cd /"
alias myaliasone="$aliases[myalias] && cd /usr"More in general
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