NAME alias - displays and manipulates aliases for programs SYNOPSIS alias alias name alias name=value DESCRIPTION `alias` allows listing and editing aliases for programs. An alias is an alternative name that can be used to start a program. A program can have multiple aliases. Aliases can also contain parameters and options to pass to the actual program. An alias can also, in turn, have aliases. EXAMPLES alias Displays the list of all current aliases. alias name Displays the value the specified alias, i.e. what the specified alias stands for. alias name=value alias name='value with arguments' Sets the value of the alias with the specified name. Note that white space separates arguments to a command, thus to have an alias whose value has whitespace, quote the value alias name1 name2 name3=value You can also return the value, or set the value, of an arbitrary number of aliases.