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SyntaxSeed (Sherri W) •

For anyone who wants a matching function to remove the aliases...

function del_alias() {
    if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]
    then
        echo "USAGE: del_alias <alias name>"
        return 0
    elif [[ -n "$(alias $1 2>/dev/null)" ]]
    then
        sed -i "/alias $1=/d" ~/.bashrc
        source ~/.bashrc
        echo "Alias removed."
        return 0
    fi
    echo "Alias does not exist."
}