NAME 

alias - create a function

Synopsis 

alias NAME DEFINITION
alias NAME=DEFINITION

Description 

Alias is a shellscript wrapper around the function builtin. It exists for backwards compatibility with Posix shells. For other uses, it is recommended to define a function.

Alias does not keep track of which functions have been defined using alias, nor does it allow erasing of aliases.

*
NAME is the name of the function to define
*
DEFINITION is the body of the function. The string ' $argv' will be appended to the body.