Inspect Manual

High-Level Inspect Commands
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ADD ALIAS
Related Commands
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DELETE on page 6-29

LIST on page 6-129

SELECT on page 6-164
ADD ALIAS
The ADD ALIAS command adds a name for a command string to the alias list for the
current Inspect session. To add an alias, you provide ADD ALIAS with:

The name of the alias

The command string that the alias name represents
After you add an alias, you can use its name whenever you would normally enter its
replacement string.
alias-name
specifies the name of the alias. This name can contain up to 31 alphanumeric
characters; the first character must be alphabetic. An alias name cannot be the
same as an Inspect command name or command name abbreviation.
replacement-string
specifies the command string to associate with the alias name. The command
string is a group of zero or more characters enclosed in either quotes (") or
original-name: one of
[ \system. ] $volume [ .subvolume [ .file ] ]
[ \system. ] $process [ .#qual-1 [ .qual-2 ] ]
[ \system. ] cpu, pin
[ \system. ] $volume.#number
/oss-pathname [/oss-pathname... ]
new-name:
[\system.] $volume [ .subvolume [ .file ] ]
/oss-pathname [/oss-pathname... ]
ADD ALIAS alias-name [=] replacement-string
replacement-string: one of
" [ character ]... "
' [ character ]... '