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Defining a Command Alias

A command alias is a string of text that you can specify in place of a CA MIM command. You can use command aliases to:

• Issue a shorter version of a command For example, in place of a display command that has several parameters.
• Issue a command in a way that is easier to remember, or more consistent with commands that you already know.

Command aliases are defined through the DEFALIAS command. To define a command alias, provide the text (or alias) you want to use in place of this command and the name of the command that is being assigned this alias. You also can specify any additional parameters that should be executed when this command is executed. Because the DEFALIAS command has positional parameters, specify this information in exactly this order.

For example, suppose that you wish to establish an alias for DISPLAY MIM OPTIONS. You could issue this shortened form of the DEFALIAS command to define a command alias of DMMO:

DEFA DMMO DISPLAY MIM OPTIONS

Specify DMMO is as if you issued the DISPLAY MIM OPTIONS command. You can append more parameters to a command alias. Using the last example, you can append the COMMANDS parameter to the DMMO command alias as follows:

DMMO COMMANDS

This tells CA MIM to execute the command DISPLAY MIM OPTIONS COMMANDS.

Note: Use the command name, rather than the alias, when looking up information about that command or when contacting CA Technical Support. Also, you may need to redefine aliases when you are upgrading to a new release of this product because of changes in command format or function.