Aliases - Cisco XR 12000 Series Getting Started Manual

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In the next example, a template with one parameter is applied and the show configuration command
displays the result:
RP/0/0/CPU0:router# configure
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config)# apply-template test2 (router)
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config)# show configuration
Building configuration...
hostname router
end

Aliases

With the Cisco IOS XR software, you can define command-line aliases for any physical or logical entity
in a router. After you define the alias, it is used in the CLI to reference the real entity.
To create a command alias, enter the alias command in global configuration or administration
configuration mode:
alias alias-name [(parameter1 parameter2...)] command-syntax [$parameter1] command-syntax
[$parameter2]
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Syntax
alias-name
command-syntax
(parameterx)
Multiple commands can be supported under a single command alias, and multiple variables can be
supported for each command. If multiple commands are specified under a single alias, each command is
executed in the order in which it is listed in the alias command.
In the following example, an alias named my-cookie is created for the Management Ethernet interface,
and then the new alias is specified to enter interface configuration mode:
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config)# alias my-cookie mgmtEth 0/0/CPU0/0
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config)# interface my-cookie
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config)# interface mgmtEth 0/0/CPU0/0
RP/0/0/CPU0:router(config-if)#
After you enter a command with an alias, the router displays the command you entered with the alias
value so that you can verify that alias value.
To delete a specific alias, enter the no form of the alias command with the alias name.
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defines the alias command syntax.
alias Command Syntax
Specifies that the Alias Is Created for
Name of the command alias. An alias name can be a single word or
multiple words joined by a dash (–) delimiter.
Original command syntax. Valid abbreviations of the original
command syntax can be entered for the command-syntax argument.
Argument or keyword that belongs to the command you specified for
the command-syntax argument. When the parameter is entered in
parenthesis after the alias name, the alias requires a parameter name.
To associate the parameter with a command within the alias, enter the
$ character preceding the parameter name.
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