alias

Manage command aliases in Windows.

Installation

> pip install alias-windows

By default aliases are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Scripts\Aliases. You can set the directory to store aliases by changing the environment variable called %ALIASES_DIR%.

Managing aliases

Get the list of available aliases

REM Default output
> alias
apktool, gsh, gst

REM Verbosed output
> alias -v
apktool = %SOFTWARE%\apktool\apktool.bat %*
gsh = git show $*
gst = git status --short --branch %*

Add an alias

> alias test=dir \b %*
Added test

Add an alias with multiple commands

REM Use double quotes to wrap commands joined with &&
> alias gpht="git push %* && git push --tags %*"

Show the alias

REM List aliases start with a given input
> alias g
gsh, gst

REM Show the alias
> alias test
dir \b %*

Search for a text in alias commands

REM Default output
> alias -s apk
baksmali, smali

REM Verbosed output
> alias -s apk -v
baksmali = %SOFTWARE%\apktool\apktool.bat d %*
smali = %SOFTWARE%\apktool\apktool.bat b %*

Delete the alias

> alias -d test
Deleted test

Environment variables

alias uses two environment variables:

• %ALIASES_DIR% which refers to a directory where aliases are stored
• %PATH% which is appended with the directory specified in the %ALIASES_DIR% variable

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.