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Basic CLI commands
alias
Use alias to configure a command alias.
Use undo alias to delete a command alias.
Syntax
alias alias command
undo alias alias
Default
The device has a set of system-defined command aliases, as listed in Table 1.
Table 1 System-defined command aliases
Command alias Command or command keyword
access-list acl
end return
erase delete
exit quit
hostname sysname
logging info-center
no undo
show display
write save
Views
System view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
alias: Specifies an alias, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 20 characters. An alias cannot be alias or
contain spaces.
command: Specifies a command string. Make sure the command string meets the syntax
requirements.
Usage guidelines
System-defined command aliases cannot be deleted.
You can configure one or more aliases for a command or the starting keywords of commands. Then,
you can use the aliases to execute the command or commands. If the command or commands have
undo forms, you can also use the aliases to execute the undo command or commands.
For example, if you configure the alias shiprt for display ip routing-table, you can enter shiprt to
execute the display ip routing-table command. If you configure the alias ship for display ip, you
can use ship to execute all commands that start with display ip: