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windows-alias

Define command alias on Windows. A little bit similar to Linux command alias.

Installation

Install globally

npm i -g windows-alias

Set your first alias

windows-alias set alias windows-alias

Before using the alias, you need to add a directory path to the PATH environment variable.

Run the command below and it will tell you what directory needs to be added.

windows-alias addPath

Now you can use alias to run windows-alias.

alias -h

Usage: windows-alias [options] [command]

Command aliases on Windows

Options:
  -v --version                    output the version number
  -h, --help                      display help for command

Commands:
  dir                             open directory
  addPath                         add dir to path
  testPath                        Test if dir is added to path
  ls [search]                     list alias
  set [options] <name> <command>  set alias
  rm <name>                       remove alias
  help [command]                  display help for command

Usage

Add alias

alias set clear cls

Add alias includes spaces

alias set nig "npm i -g"

Show all defined aliases

List all

alias ls

clear   ==> cls %*
nig     ==> npm i -g %*
pwd     ==> echo %cd% %*
unalias ==> alias rm %*

Search by name

alias ls gradle

gradle75  ==> D:\gradle\gradle-7.5\bin\gradle.bat %*
gradle802 ==> D:\gradle\gradle-8.0.2\bin\gradle.bat %*
gradle811 ==> D:\gradle\gradle-8.1.1\bin\gradle.bat %*
gradle83  ==> D:\gradle\gradle-8.3\bin\gradle.bat %*
gradle84  ==> D:\gradle\gradle-8.4\bin\gradle.bat %*

Remove alias

alias rm gradle84

Open aliases directiory

Open the directory that contains all defined aliases. (Usually at %USERPROFILE%\.alias.d)

alias dir