Popular Aliases

Alias	Definition	Function
app	cat >>	Append to a file.
beep	eval echo -n ^a	Beep sound.
breaksw	break	Older BSD4.3 name for a break statement inside a switch.
cdd	cd +c	Change the directory and disk in one command.
copy	local s; @ s = $nowild; @ nowild = 1; safecopy	Invoke the standard Windows copy command with shell wildcarding turned off so copy will work sensibly.
date	dt	Display the current time and date.
del	local s; @ s = $nowild; @ nowild = 1; safedel	Invoke the del command with shell wildcarding turned off so "del *.*" will still produce the "Are you sure?" message.
di	diff -b!	Run the diff command, ignoring white space differences and using color to highlight the changes.
dir	cmd /c dir	Invoke the cmd.exe dir command. (Alternately, you may wish to intercept dir the same way copy or del is done, turning off shell wildcarding before running the command.)
duc	du -c	Disk usage for the current disk only.
dumphist	history -s > ~\history.csh	Dump out the history list.
endif	end	Older BSD4.3 name for the end of an if statement.
endsw	end	Older BSD4.3 name for the end of switch statement.
erase	del	Alternate name for del.
f	fgrep	Quicker name for fgrep.
fi	fgrep -i	Fgrep case-independent.
fn	fgrep -n	Fgrep and print line numbers.
g	grep	Quicker name for grep.
h	history	Quicker name for history.
help		A procedure using winerror (in the samples directory) to print the message corresponding to the return code from the last command.
home	cdd ~	Change to the home disk and directory.
ld	ls -a +D -.	List only the subdirectories.
ll	ls -L	List directories, long format.
loadhist	source -n ~\history.csh	Load the history list without executing any of it.
md	mkdir	Make directories.
mi	more -i	Quick interactive startup of your favorite version more. Clears the screen when it starts up and doesn't just exit if there's less than a screenful.
pause	echo -n Press any key when ready ...; @ getchar; echo	Pause, waiting for any keystroke or character from stdin.
q	exit	Exit the C shell
rd	rmdir	Remove empty directories.
ren	rename	Another name for the rename alias.
rename	local s; @ s = nowild; @ nowild = 1; saferename	Invoke the standard Windows rename command with shell wildcarding turned off so the rename will work sensibly.
rot13	tr 'n-za-mN-ZA-M' 'a-zA-Z'	Encoder/Decoder for off-color jokes on Internet.
start	cmd /c start	Start a new session via the cmd.exe start command.
type	cat	Copy files to stdout.
uud	uudecode	Uudecode binary data.
uue	uuencode -c	Uuencode using cp-style syntax.
vol	vl	List volume labels.
w	(wait; beep)	Wait for background processes and beep.
xcopy	local s; @ s = nowild; @ nowild = 1; safexcopy	Invoke the standard Windows xcopy command with shell wildcarding turned off so xcopy will work sensibly.