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I'd do :> foo to do this (well, I use :>| foo because I have noclobber set, but...)
As for needing to output ls without colour, I think color=auto works for most colour-aware commands in that you get colours, but they're suppressed if the output's to a pipe. That should cover most cases?
The reason why I originally created that alias is because at some point, for whatever glitched reason, I couldn't force colors off and that was the only way I could force it off. Don't remember exactly what it was; it's been a few years and my memory has been slipping lately.
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:> footo do this (well, I use:>| foobecause I havenoclobberset, but...)As for needing to output
lswithout colour, I thinkcolor=autoworks for most colour-aware commands in that you get colours, but they're suppressed if the output's to a pipe. That should cover most cases?The reason why I originally created that alias is because at some point, for whatever glitched reason, I couldn't force colors off and that was the only way I could force it off. Don't remember exactly what it was; it's been a few years and my memory has been slipping lately.