Show aliases command

From NetworkCommands

A command available on most Cisco paltforms; used to display command aliases. A command alias is a user-assigned alternative command name that is entered at the CLI instead of the normal command. The user-assigned name would normally be shorter than the original command.

Command aliases accept any variables and keywords that the full command normally would.

Built-In Aliases

The default 'built-in' aliases (which won't show up in configuration files or the output from a show run) are show in the Typical Output section

Usage Syntax

show aliases [mode]

There are a great deal of modes, some of the most commonly specified modes are;

• exec - Exec mode commands (usually issued in user or priviledged mode; such as show, clear and debug commands.)
• interface - Interface configuration mode commands
• dhcp - DHCP Configuration mode commands
• line - Line configuration mode commands
• router - Router configuration mode commands

Usage Examples

show aliases - Display all aliases

show aliases exec - Display all exec mode aliases configured

Typical Output

In this example, three user created aliases are configured (default aliases are shown in blue);

show aliases;

Exec mode aliases:
  h                     help
  lo                    logout
  p                     ping
  r                     resume
  s                     show
  u                     undebug
  un                    undebug
  w                     where
  sipr                  show ip route
  sipib                 show ip interface brief
  sid                   show interface description

Usage Notes

Note that aliases on Cisco CSS platforms are stored on the local disk (usually a PCMCIA device) and cannot be accessed if the disk has been removed or has failed.

Related Commands

The alias command, Cisco can be used to create and configure command aliases.

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