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Running Commands in Bash Without Aliases

How to run commands without aliases in Bash, the Linux command line language. When you want to run <code>ls</code> without aliases, or <code>ls -a</code>, there are cases like that. In such cases, you don't have to go to the trouble of removing the alias, you can do it as follows...

Shou Arisaka
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Nov 18, 2025

How to run commands without aliases in Bash, the Linux command line language.

I usually have aliases like:

alias df="df -h"
alias ls="ls -alit"

But there are times when I want to run ls without aliases, or ls -a. In such cases, you donโ€™t have to go to the trouble of removing the alias, you can do it as follows:

command ls
# or
\ls
# or
/bin/ls

Reference: bash - Run a command that is shadowed by an alias - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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