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## Creating custom alias

* PowerShell: Set-Alias ll 'ls' or a function in your $PROFILE for arguments, e.g. `function ll { ls -la --color=auto @args }`

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We should add a warning here that this loses binary stream compatibility (aka PSNativeCommandPreserveBytePipe; e.g. find/xargs will not work anymore).

* CMD: doskey ll=ls -la $*

## Shell conflicts

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