| title | Alias | ||
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| description | The alias command allows you to define | ||
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The alias command allows you to define abbreviations for long commands frequently used, thus minimizing your typing.
Usage:
alias list aliases
alias `<word>` delete alias
alias `<word>` `<expansion>` define alias
alias please remove all of them (sic!) delete all aliases
You cannot define "alias", or any of its abbreviations except "a" as an alias.
The character "&" (ampersand) acts as a placeholder for arguments to your alias. The rest of the line (after your alias) is inserted where & is found in the definition.
If <expansion> does not contain any "&", any following words will be added to the end of the command.
If <word> starts with a "%" it is a "keyword alias" which will be expanded whenever a keyword lookup is done to find a character, object, or door.
Some words cannot be used as keyword aliases: words that the look command treats specially ("at", "around", "north", "east", ...) and some prepositions like "in", "from", and "with".
To inhibit keyword alias expansion, you prepend the word in a command with "%".
Examples:
> alias dw drink water
> dw -> drink water
> alias ko kill &.orc
> ko 2 -> kill 2.orc
> alias rb ride behind
> rb gandalf -> ride behind gandalf
> alias %o orc
> kill o -> kill orc
> alias %sword longsword
> wield sword -> wield longsword
> wield %sword -> wield sword