Virtual Hometerm Subsystem (VHS) Manual (G06.24+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

Command Descriptions
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ALIAS Command
identifier
is the name of the alias, consisting of an alphabetic character followed by 0 to 20
alphanumeric characters. If omitted, all previously defined aliases are displayed.
text
consists of any printable characters. This is the text that the alias name is
expanded into. If omitted, the selected alias is displayed.
wildcard
displays a subset of the existing aliases that matches the wild-card template. A
wild-card alias name can contain one or more asterisks (*) or question marks(?).
The asterisk (*) specifies any number of characters. The question mark (?)
specifies one character.
Considerations
•
If you have multiple commands on a command line, do not use other commands
after the ALIAS command.
•
Alias names can appear within the text associated with other aliases.
Examples
This is an example of an alias name used at the beginning of a line.
This is an example of an alias name used at the end of a line.
-> == Add an alias
-> ALIAS sp setprompt
-> == Display the defined alias
-> ALIAS s*
-> SP.................. SETPROMPT
-> == Use the alias sp
-> sp ALL
\SIRIUS $SYSTEM SYSTEM 32-> == Delete the alias sp
\SIRIUS $SYSTEM SYSTEM 32-> CLEAR ALIAS sp
\SIRIUS $SYSTEM SYSTEM 33->
-> == Add an alias object type and name
->ALIAS PR PROCESS $VHS
-> == Use the ALIAS PR within line by specifying the alias with a hyphen
as
-> == prefix and an end of line as suffix
->INFO -PR
-> == the alias name expands to INFO PROCESS $VHS