[SOLVED] how to check if a string is already used as an alias?

[netimen]

how to check if a string is already used as an alias in bash?

[b2bwild]

try this

# alias | grep yourstring

[netimen]

try this

# alias | grep yourstring

Thank you, but I needed this in .bashrc: I want to unalias that string if it already is an alias of something

if str is alias
  unalias str

Sorry for not writing this immediately

[secondmouse]

This should be what you are looking for

if `alias|grep -q str`; then unalias str; fi

You can also re-write the above if block in this format:

[ -n "`alias|grep str`" ] && unalias str

[netimen]

This should be what you are looking for

if `alias|grep -q str`; then unalias str; fi

You can also re-write the above if block in this format:

[ -n "`alias|grep str`" ] && unalias str

Thank you! it works