SCF Reference Manual for G-Series RVUs (G06.27+)

SCF Commands
SCF Reference Manual for G-Series RVUs—520413-005
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ALIAS Command
ALIAS Command
The ALIAS command provides a mechanism for abbreviating commands or portions of
commands. If the name of an alias is encountered at the beginning of a line, SCF
expands it to its associated text.
Alias names can appear within the text associated with other aliases.
OUT file-spec
causes any SCF output generated for this command to be directed to the specified
file. The variable file-spec is defined on page 5-9.
identifier
is the name of the alias, consisting of an alphabetic character followed by 0
through 20 alphanumeric characters. If omitted, all previously defined aliases are
displayed.
text
consists of any printable characters. This is the text into which the alias name is
expanded.
wildcard
displays a subset of the existing aliases that match the wild-card template. A wild-
card alias name contains one or more asterisk (*) or question mark (?) characters.
The asterisk (*) specifies any number of characters. The question mark (?)
specifies one character.
Considerations
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If you enter the ALIAS command by itself, SCF displays a list of all current aliases.
•
If you enter identifier without any text, SCF displays the expanded text for
that identifier, if it already exists.
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Another command cannot follow the ALIAS command on the same line.
•
Use the CLEAR command (described on page 5-40) to remove alias
specifications.
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You can use an alias name within a command line if you precede the alias name
with a hyphen and terminate it with a special character (comma, period,
backlashes, semicolon, and so forth).
ALIAS [ /OUT file-spec/ ] [ identifier [ text ] ]
[ wildcard ]