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- keywords : aliases
- info :~
- Usage:
- alias list current aliases
- alias <command> <format> assign a new alias to the given command
- alias <command> delete an existing alias
-
- Aliases are used to restring one command into another command. Aliases can
- take arguments, and they can also reference other aliases. If you would like
- to make an alias take arguments, you must use $1, $2, ... $9 in the alias
- format, where the number specifies which word in a list of arguments the
- argument will expand to.
-
- Example:
- > alias dyslexia say $2 $1
- Alias set.
-
- > dyslexia hello, world!
- You say, 'world! hello,'
-
- In addition to the $1, $2, ... $9 arguments, there is also a catch-all $*
- argument which means "all of the arguments together".
-
- Example:
- > alias chat chat --> $* <--
- Alias set.
-
- > chat hello, world!
- You chat, '--> hello, world! <--'
-
- Notice that in the above example, even though the alias called itself, the
- normal 'chat' command still executed? This is because when an alias is
- executed, it tells the mud it does not need to expand aliases any more. If
- you would like to embed an alias within another alias, you have to put square
- brackets around it. Like normal aliases, these embedded aliases can also take
- arguments by putting them within the square brackets as well.
-
- Example:
- > alias greeting hello
- Alias set.
-
- > alias greet [chat [greeting], $*! How are you?]
- Alias set.
-
- > greet world
- You chat, '--> hello, world! How are you? <--'
-
- You can also set up aliases to perform multiple commands. Each command must
- be separated by a semicolon.
-
- Example:
- > alias multigreet [chat [greeting], $*!]; [chat How are you?]
- Alias set.
-
- > multigreet world
- You chat, '--> hello, world! <--'
-
- >
- You chat, '--> How are you? <--'
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