ALIAS [variable] [definition]

* ALIAS assigns a variable name to a definition. The variable name
  can be up to 15 characters long, and the definition can be up to
  about 360 characters long.

* Typing ALIAS with no parameters at all, will generate a list of all
  current alias definitions.
  eg.   alias

* Aliasing of Function Keys
  eg.   alias f1 ed df0:s/startup-sequence^M
  This example assigns the unshifted F1 key to "ed df0:s/startup-sequence"
  with following return. Note that the ^M characters puts an auto
  carriage return in the definition.
  eg.   alias F10 cd df0:^M
  This sets shifted F10 to "cd df0:<CR>".
  You can use quotes to make it look better:
        alias f2 "cd df1:^M"
        alias f4 "genim2 "
        alias F9 "scribble df0:text/"
  If you want to use a semicolon in the alias, you need to use quotes:
        alias f1 "a68k z.a;blink z.o to z^M"
  or leave away the quotes and use a backslash before the semicolon:
        alias f1 a68k z.a;blink z.o to z^M

* Aliasing of commands
  eg.   alias mv rename
  This allows an alternate name for rename. i.e. mv.
  So you could type
        mv oldname newname      {to rename oldname to newname}

  eg.   alias as a68k
        alias pp powerpacker
        alias go "a68k zsh.s;blink zsh.o to zsh"
        alias cped copy df0:c/ed
  You would use this last alias, if you need to copy a particular
  file a lot. So, to copy c/ed to ram: use:
        cped ram:

* You can also pass external parameters to an alias.
  eg.   alias al "%1 a68k $1.s;blink $1.o to $1"
  Typing
        al test
  will assemble test.s using a68k, then blink test.o to become test.

You can specify upto eight parameters to pass to a command alias.
At the start of the alias definition, specify the parameters to pass
with the variables %0 thru %7. These need not be in sequence. The
first %n will be assigned to the first parameter, the 2nd %n to
the 2nd parameter etc.
Insert the corresponding variables $0 thru $7 at the points in the
alias definition where that parameter is to appear.
eg.     alias disp %1 %2 %3 echo "$3 $2 $1"      {is the same as: }
        alias disp "%1 %2 %3 echo "$3 $2 $1""    {note the quotes}
        alias cram %0 %1 %2 %3 copy $0 $1 $2 $3 ram:
        alias go %5 %1 %6 %2 echo "1st-$5 2nd-$1 3rd-$6 4th-$2"

* Command aliases can be nested to nearly unlimited levels.
  eg.   alias clear echo ^L;alias cdir "%1 clear;cd $1;dir"

* An important point about aliases, is that you can redefine the
  existing internal command names.
  eg.   alias help "type help_screen"
  This would make it so that pressing HELP or typing H E L P would
  not generate the standard help command list, but would type the
  file called  help_screen to the screen. Similarly
  eg.   alias copy c:copy       {replace copy by disk-based copy}
        alias info c:dfree
        alias list .list        {replace list by disk-based list}

* See UNALIAS for how to remove alias definitions.