Alias

Set an Alias

New-Alias <alias> <cmd_name>

TIP

Use nal alias for New-Alias.

NOTE

New-Alias throws when the alias already exist while Set-Alias will override it.

Override an Alias

Set-Alias vim 'nvim --clean -c "source ~/.vimrc"'

Or use Set-Item to manipulate the alias provider directly:

si alias:vim 'nvim --clean -c "source ~/.vimrc"'

TIP

Use sal alias for Set-Alias.

Checkout Alias

• Check out by alias

Get-Alias <alias>

TIP

Use gal alias for Get-Alias.

Or use Get-Command

Get-Command <alias>

• Check out by command name

Get-Alias -Definition <cmd_name>

Builtin Aliases

Powershell ships with some builtin aliases, checkout by this command:

Get-Alias | Where-Object { $_.Options -match 'ReadOnly|Constant' }

NOTE

Do not use custom aliases for public repository.

CAUTION

Not all builtin aliases are available in all system. See removed aliases

Differ from Bash

Alias in powershell is only a name alias for a command, it can never take any predetermined parameters or flags like in bash.

alias gl='git log' # fine

New-Alias gl 'git log' # not allowed!

Should use function instead.

function gl {
    git log
}