Questions tagged [alias]

Use this tag for questions concerning use of alias in macOS

An alias is one top two different concepts.

A file that represents another object in the file system.
A function of a shell. An alias is text that the shell will replace with text that is defined for each alias For zsh http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Shell-Grammar.html#index-aliasing

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Is there an application that can check for broken aliases in Finder?

I use a lot of aliases in my file system. Many original documents are placed in global repositories and I access them by aliases grouped in "tag" folders. Therefore, when I need to delete such a document, I need to check multiple tag folders to…

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asked Jan 05 '13 at 07:38

4ae1e1

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is there a way to list all the aliases that point to a file or folder?

I have a folder that I know I've made aliases of, but I need to find where those are. Is there a way to list all the aliases that point to this folder?

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asked Jun 20 '13 at 07:35

joachim