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- Synopsis:
- $aliasctl(alias|assign get|set|match <lval> [<rval>])
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- Technical:
- This function allows low-level manipulation of aliases and assigns.
- The noun of the action is either "alias" or "assign". The verb is
- either "get", "set", or "match". The "lval" must a valid variable name.
- The "rval" is used only if the verb is "set", and is any sequence of
- octets.
-
- * The "GET" verb allows you to retrieve the value of an alias or assign
- named by "lval".
- * The "SET" verb allows you to set the value of an alias or assign named
- by "lval" to "rval".
- * The "MATCH" verb allows you to retrieve the list of all same-level
- variable names that begin with "lval" (ie, command completion).
- Wildcards are not allowed, but the simple use of a single asterisk is
- allowed to match all assigns or aliases.
-
- Practical:
- You would use this function if you needed to get the text value of an
- alias. For completeness, you can use this to get the value of an
- assign, even though you can (obviously) get that value by $-referencing
- it. You can set the value of an assign (comparable to using ASSIGN),
- and you can set the value of an alias (comparable to using ALIAS). You
- can get the list of aliases or assigns that "begin" with a certain
- string, but it doesn't descend arrays (a period).
-
- Examples:
- $aliasctl(alias get join) returns current value of alias "join"
- $aliasctl(alias set join //channel) sets an alias called "join"
- $aliasctl(assign match foo) returns all vars starting with "foo"
- $aliasctl(alias match foo.) returns all aliases of "foo" struct
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- See Also:
- assign(5); alias(5); edit(8)
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