From 4fe0ce57f91f4645a25e48acf2b987be1149744f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Angerman <1809991+stormasm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:24:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update section on aliases for adding pipes and persisting

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 book/aliases.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/book/aliases.md b/book/aliases.md
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@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ Once we do, it's as if we typed `ls -l`. This also allows us to pass in flags or
 
 And get the equivalent to having typed `ls -l -a`.
 
+## How to write an alias with Pipes
+
+If you want to add a pipe to your alias you must must enclose it with parentheses which are a pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off your set of commands with pipes.
+
+```
+alias lsname = (ls | get name)
+```
+
+Here is an alias with more than one pipe
+
+```
+alias lt = (ls | sort-by modified -r | sort-by type)
+```
+
 ## Persisting
 
-For information about how to persist aliases so that they're visible when you start up Nushell, see the [configuration chapter](configuration.md).
+To make your alias persistent it must be added to your *config.nu* file.
+
+For more details about how to persist aliases so that they're visible when you start up Nushell, see the [configuration chapter](configuration.md).