\section alias alias - create an alias

\subsection alias-synopsis Synopsis
 <tt>alias [OPTIONS] NAME DEFINITION  </tt>

\subsection alias-description Description

Creates an alias. An Alias is a list of commands that will be executed
when the alias is entered. The alias <tt>alias ll 'ls -l'</tt> will
issue the command <tt>ls -l</tt> whenever the user writes <tt>ll</tt>.

There are two mode in which alias can operate, with and without
variables. When operating without variables, no special care is taken
with regards to parameters. But if the option <tt>-v</tt> or <tt>--variables</tt> is
supplied, any parameters supplied to the alias will be inserted into
the environment as \$1, \$2, etc. 

\subsection alias-example Example

 <tt>alias -v mysearch 'cat (find . -name $1)|grep -l $2'</tt> will recursively search the current directory
for files with a name matching the first parameter containing the text
of the second parameter.
 
