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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 | .TH "alias" 1 "Wed Dec 16 2015" "Version 2.2.0" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
\fBalias\fP -- create a function
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.SS "Synopsis"
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\fBalias\fP NAME DEFINITION
\fBalias\fP NAME=DEFINITION
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.SS "Description"
\fCalias\fP is a simple wrapper for the \fCfunction\fP builtin\&. It exists for backwards compatibility with Posix shells\&. For other uses, it is recommended to define a \fCfunction\fP\&.
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\fCfish\fP does not keep track of which functions have been defined using \fCalias\fP\&. They must be erased using \fCfunctions -e\fP\&.
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.IP "\(bu" 2
\fCNAME\fP is the name of the alias
.IP "\(bu" 2
\fCDEFINITION\fP is the actual command to execute\&. The string \fC$argv\fP will be appended\&.
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You cannot create an alias to a function with the same name\&.
.SS "Example"
The following code will create \fCrmi\fP, which runs \fCrm\fP with additional arguments on every invocation\&.
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\fBalias\fP rmi 'rm -i'
.fi
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This is equivalent to entering the following function:
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\fBfunction\fP rmi
\fBrm\fP -i $argv
\fBend\fP
.fi
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