Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.1

alias alias-name alias-value

• alias-name — Enter the name of the alias. A maximum of 20 characters.
• alias-value — Enter the command to execute in double quotation marks, then $ followed by either numbers ranging from 1 to 9 or an asterisk (*) with the parameters to execute in the command. Use asterisk (*) to represent any number of parameters.

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CONFIGURATION

Use this command to create a shortcut to long commands along with arguments. Use the numbers 1 to 9 along with $ to provide input parameters. The no version of this command deletes an alias.

In this example, when you enter showint status, note that the text on the CLI changes to show interface status. The alias changes to the command specified in the alias definition.

OS10# alias showint "show interface $*"
OS10# showint status
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Port            Description     Status   Speed    Duplex   Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans
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Eth 1/1/1                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/2                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/3                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/4                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/5                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/6                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/7                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/8                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/9                       up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/10                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/11                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/12                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/13                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/14                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/15                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/16                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/17                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/18                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/19                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/20                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/21                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/22                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/23                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/24                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/25                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/26                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/27                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/28                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/29                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/30                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/31                      up       40G               A    1    -
Eth 1/1/32                      up       40G               A    1    -
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In this example, when you enter goint 1/1/1, note that the text on the CLI changes to interface ethernet 1/1/1.

OS10(config)# alias goint "interface ethernet $1"
OS10(config)# goint 1/1/1
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/1)#