Dell PowerSwitch S5212F-ON EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0 - Page 97

View alias information OS10# show alias Name ---govlt goint shconfig showint shver Type ---Config Config Local Local Local Number of config aliases : 2 Number of local aliases : 3 View alias information brief. Displays the first 10 characters of the alias value. OS10# show alias brief Name Type ---- ---- govlt Config goint Config shconfig Local showint Local shver Local Number of config aliases : 2 Number of local aliases : 3 Value ----"vlt-domain..." "interface ..." "show runni..." "show inter..." "show versi..." View alias information in detail. Displays the entire alias value. OS10# show alias detail Name Type ---- ---- govlt Config goint Config shconfig Local showint Local shver Local Number of config aliases : 2 Number of local aliases : 3 Value ----"vlt-domain $1" "interface ethernet $1" "show running-configuration" "show interface $*" "show version" Multi-line alias You can create a multi-line alias where you save a series of multiple commands in an alias. Multi-line alias is supported only in the Configuration mode. You cannot use the exiting CLI keywords as alias names. The alias name is case-sensitive and can have a maximum of 20 characters. • Create a multi-line alias in CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters the ALIAS mode. alias alias-name • Enter the commands to execute prefixed by the line n command in ALIAS mode. Enter the commands in double quotation marks and use $n to enter input parameters. You can substitute $n with either numbers ranging from 1 to 9 or with an asterisk (*) and enter the parameters while executing the commands using the alias. When you are using asterisk (*), you can use all the input parameters. The maximum number of input parameters is 9. line nn command • (Optional) You can enter the default values to use for the parameters defined as $n in ALIAS mode. default n input-value • (Optional) Enter a description for the multi-line alias in ALIAS mode. description string Advanced CLI tasks 97