alias

Syntax

ALIAS [[-]<alias> [<command>]]

Parameters

A name of the alias and the command to execute. You can prepend the alias with the ‘-’ character to remove the alias; if no argument is given, your aliases will be displayed.

Description

Creates or updates an alias; you can use the ‘;’ character to separate multiple commands.

The parameters given to the alias are expanded in ‘$[\d]’; for example $0, $1, $2, $8, …, as well as any other special variable.

If you don’t use any parameters in your alias, all parameters will be automatically appended after it.

Examples

/ALIAS
/ALIAS UH USERHOST
/ALIAS COMEBACK SAY I was hoping for a battle of wits, but you seem to be unarmed.
/ALIAS -COMEBACK
/ALIAS UNACT SCRIPT EXEC \$_->activity(0) for Irssi::windows
/ALIAS QOP ^MSG Q op $C

References

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/special_vars.txt

See also

BIND, UNALIAS