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Utilities for defining aliases
The following are Qshell utilities for defining aliases:
v alias - Define or display aliases
v unalias - Remove alias definitions
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alias - Define or display aliases
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30 Qshell Interpreter (qsh)
alias [ -p ] [ name [ =value ] ] ...
You can use alias to define an alias name that has the specified value. Ifyou
specify name only, qsh displays the name and value of the alias.
When no arguments are specified, qsh displays a list of all the aliases and their
values.
qsh predefines the following aliases:
v tar=’pax -A’
v uncompress=’compress -d’
v zcat=’compress -d -c’
v -p Precede each line of the output with the word “alias ” so it is displayed in a
re-enterable format.
Each name specifies an alias in the current environment. If a value is also
specified, then the value of the alias is updated.
v 0 when successful.
v >0 when unsuccessful. The value is the number of name(s) that are not aliases.
v “unalias - Remove alias definitions”
1. Define an alias to list the contents of a directory: alias ll=’ls -l’
2. Display the value of the ll alias: alias ll
3. Display the values of all currently defined aliases: alias
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