René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Aliases and native utils name collision","articleBody":"We have 24 conflicting names between PS aliases and `/bin`, `/usr/bin`, etc folders \n\n```\n# /bin\ncat              \ncp               \necho             \nkill             \nls               \nmv               \nps               \npwd              \nrm               \nrmdir            \nsleep\n# /usr/bin\ncd                     \nclear                  \ncpp                    \ndiff                   \nfc                     \nman                    \nri                     \nsort                   \ntee                    \ntype                   \nwrite         \n# /usr/sbin\nac\n# /sbin\nmount\n```\n\nWe need to figure out what's out story about it.\n\nI think it make sense to play around with different options to see pros and cons on practice.\n#### ~~Try it~~ (the snippet is outdated, see the new snippet for 0.3.0 bellow)\n\nYou can add this snippet to your profile and easily switch from one mode to another\n- **Remove-PSAliases** will remove aliases, so you can use native utilities.\n- **Set-PSAliases** will restore aliases.\n\n``` powershell\n$global:__aliases = @(\n    'cat',              \n    'cp',               \n    'echo',             \n    'kill',             \n    'ls',               \n    'mv',               \n    'ps',               \n    'pwd',              \n    'rm',               \n    'rmdir',            \n    'sleep',\n    'cd',                     \n    'clear',                  \n    'cpp',                    \n    'diff',                   \n    'fc',                     \n    'man',                    \n    'ri',                     \n    'sort',                   \n    'tee',                    \n    'type',                   \n    'write',         \n    'ac',\n    'mount'\n) \n\nfunction Set-PSAliases\n{\n    $global:__aliases | % { \n        Write-Host \"Adding $_\"\n        Set-Alias $_ $global:__aliases_backup[$_] -Scope Global \n    }      \n}\n\nfunction Remove-PSAliases\n{\n    if (-not $global:__aliases_backup) {\n        $global:__aliases_backup = @{}\n        $global:__aliases | % {\n            $global:__aliases_backup[$_] = (Get-Command $_).ResolvedCommandName\n        }\n    }\n\n    $global:__aliases | % { \n        Write-Host \"Removing $_\"\n        while (Test-Path alias:$_) {\n            Remove-Item -Force alias:$_ \n        }\n    }\n}\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/vors","@type":"Person","name":"vors"},"datePublished":"2016-02-20T05:32:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":19},"url":"https://github.com/567/PowerShell/issues/567"}