fish-shell/doc_src/alias.txt

\section alias alias - create a function

\subsection alias-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
alias
alias NAME DEFINITION
alias NAME=DEFINITION
\endfish

\subsection alias-description Description

`alias` is a simple wrapper for the `function` builtin, which creates a function wrapping a command. It has similar syntax to POSIX sh `alias`. For other uses, it is recommended to define a <a href='#function'>function</a>.

`fish` marks functions that have been created by `alias` by including the command used to craete them in the function description. You can list alias-created functions by running `alias` without arguments. They must be erased using `functions -e`.

- `NAME` is the name of the alias
- `DEFINITION` is the actual command to execute. The string `$argv` will be appended.

You cannot create an alias to a function with the same name.

Note that spaces need to be escaped in the call to alias just like in the commandline _even inside the quotes_.

\subsection alias-example Example

The following code will create `rmi`, which runs `rm` with additional arguments on every invocation.

\fish
alias rmi="rm -i"

# This is equivalent to entering the following function:
function rmi --wraps rm --description 'alias rmi=rm -i'
    rm -i $argv
end

# This needs to have the spaces escaped or "Chrome.app..." will be seen as an argument to "/Applications/Google":
alias chrome='/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome banana'
\endfish
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			`\subsection alias-synopsis Synopsis`
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			`alias NAME=DEFINITION`
			`\endfish`
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			`\subsection alias-description Description`

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Update alias docs 2016-10-29 20:57:05 +00:00			`fish` marks functions that have been created by `alias` by including the command used to craete them in the function description. You can list alias-created functions by running `alias` without arguments. They must be erased using `functions -e`.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
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			- `DEFINITION` is the actual command to execute. The string `$argv` will be appended.
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			`You cannot create an alias to a function with the same name.`

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Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00			`\subsection alias-example Example`

Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			The following code will create `rmi`, which runs `rm` with additional arguments on every invocation.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
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Tutorial auto colouring, Man page and Make fixes Completely fixes #1557 and the underlying Doxygen changes that caused it. Should make fish docs simpler and more robust, more consistent and generally prettier. todo: - trap unmarked text as arguments in context - test & fix sed portability - see in particular. (so far tested on BSD (Mac) and GNU sed). - test Makefile changes - last round of aesthetic changes and getting that ascii fish in there… 2014-08-08 02:44:37 +00:00			`# This is equivalent to entering the following function:`
Update alias docs 2016-10-29 20:57:05 +00:00			`function rmi --wraps rm --description 'alias rmi=rm -i'`
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00			`rm -i $argv`
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`end`
Fix aliases with whitespace And document how that stuff works. Fixes #2220 Also, the string stuff is cool. 2015-09-23 11:28:32 +00:00
			`# This needs to have the spaces escaped or "Chrome.app..." will be seen as an argument to "/Applications/Google":`
			`alias chrome='/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome banana'`
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`\endfish`