For simple commands like less, is it better to make an alias or to export the options? Is there any benefit of one over the other?For example, if I want less to always use the -R option to show raw characters, both of these solutions work:export LESS='-R'alias less='less -R'For a simple case like this, is there any benefit of one over the other? Any scenarios where one will cause problems and the other won't? I've read through several info and man pages, as well as Googling it, but I'm still stuck on this.
alias vs export for simple commands
bash;zsh;alias