alias man page on Solaris

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   20652 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Solaris logo
[printable version]

alias(1)			 User Commands			      alias(1)

NAME
       alias,  unalias	- create or remove a pseudonym or shorthand for a com‐
       mand or series of commands

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/alias [ alias-name [ = string...]]

       /usr/bin/unalias alias-name...

       /usr/bin/unalias -a

   csh
       alias [ name [def]]

       unalias pattern

   ksh
       alias [-tx] [ name [ = value]...]

       unalias name...

       unalias [-a]

DESCRIPTION
       The alias and unalias utilities create or remove a pseudonym or	short‐
       hand term for a command or series of commands, with different function‐
       ality in the C-shell and Korn shell environments.

   /usr/bin/alias
       The alias utility creates or redefines alias definitions or writes  the
       values of existing alias definitions to standard output. An alias defi‐
       nition provides a string value that replaces a command name when it  is
       encountered.

       An alias definition affects the current shell execution environment and
       the execution environments of the subshells of the current shell.  When
       used  as	 specified  by	this  document,	 the alias definition will not
       affect the parent process of the current shell nor any utility environ‐
       ment invoked by the shell.

   /usr/bin/unalias
       The  unalias  utility removes the definition for each alias name speci‐
       fied. The aliases are removed from the current shell execution environ‐
       ment. The -a option removes all alias definitions from the current exe‐
       cution environment.

   csh
       alias assigns def to the alias name. The assigned  def  is  a  list  of
       words that may contain escaped history-substitution metasyntax. name is
       not allowed to be alias or unalias. If def is omitted, the  alias  name
       is  displayed  along  with its current definition. If both name and def
       are omitted, all aliases are displayed.

       Because of implementation restrictions, an alias definition  must  have
       been entered on a previous command line before it can be used.

       unalias	discards  aliases  that match (filename substitution) pattern.
       All aliases may be removed by `unalias *'.

   ksh
       alias with no  arguments	 prints	 the  list  of	aliases	 in  the  form
       name=value  on standard output. An alias is defined for each name whose
       value is given.	A trailing space in value causes the next word	to  be
       checked	for  alias  substitution.  The -t flag is used to set and list
       tracked aliases. The value of a tracked alias is the full pathname cor‐
       responding  to  the  given  name.  The value becomes undefined when the
       value of PATH is reset but the aliases remained tracked.	  Without  the
       -t  flag,  for  each  name  in  the argument list for which no value is
       given, the name and value of the alias is printed. The -x flag is  used
       to  set	or  print  exported aliases. An exported alias	is defined for
       scripts invoked by name.	 The exit status is  non-zero  if  a  name  is
       given, but no value, and no alias has been defined for the name.

       The  aliases  given  by the list of names may be removed from the alias
       list with unalias.

OPTIONS
       The following option is supported by unalias:

       -a	Removes all alias definitions from the current shell execution
		environment.

   ksh
       The following option is supported by alias:

       -t	Sets and lists tracked aliases.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

   alias
       alias-name	       Write the alias definition to standard output.

   unalias
       alias-name	       The name of an alias to be removed.

       alias-name=string       Assign  the value of string to the alias alias-
			       name.

       If no operands are given, all alias  definitions	 will  be  written  to
       standard output.

OUTPUT
       The  format for displaying aliases (when no operands or only name oper‐
       ands are specified) is:

	    "%s=%s\n" name, value

       The value string will be written with appropriate quoting so that it is
       suitable for reinput to the shell.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1: Modifying a command's output

       This  example specifies that the output of the ls utility is columnated
       and more annotated:

       example% alias ls="ls −CF"

       Example 2: Repeating previous entries in the command history file

       This example creates a simple "redo" command to repeat previous entries
       in the command history file:

       example% alias r='fc −s'

       Example 3: Specifying a command's output options

       This  example  provides	that  the  du utility summarize disk output in
       units of 1024 bytes:

       example% alias du=du −k

       Example 4: Dealing with an argument that is itself an alias name

       This example sets up the nohup utility so that  it  can	deal  with  an
       argument that is itself an alias name:

       example% alias nohup="nohup "

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
       that affect the execution of alias and unalias: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,
       LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

   alias
       >0	One of the alias-name operands specified did not have an alias
		definition, or an error occurred.

   unalias
       >0	One of the alias-name operands specified did not  represent  a
		valid alias definition, or an error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Standard			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       csh(1),	ksh(1),	 shell_builtins(1),  attributes(5),  environ(5), stan‐
       dards(5)

SunOS 5.10			  17 Jul 2002			      alias(1)
[top]

List of man pages available for Solaris

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net