listalias(1)                        CLIX                        listalias(1)



  NAME

    listalias - Lists Elm user and system aliases

  SYNOPSIS

    listalias [regular_expression]

  DESCRIPTION

    The listalias command displays an alias, its associated address, and any
    comments pertaining to that alias which appear in the user and the system
    aliases file.  Each line has the following form:

    alias     address (comment)

    If an optional regular expression is supplied, only the aliases that match
    the specified expression are listed.  If no regular expression is used,
    all aliases are listed.  The output is sorted alphabetically.

  EXAMPLES

    To see which aliases contain the machine name of abcompany, enter the
    following command:

    listalias abcompany

    The command will search the user and system database.  If any aliases have
    abcompany in the address, the aliases will be listed on the screen in
    alphabetical order.

  FILES

    $HOME/.elm/aliases.text     User alias file.

    /usr/lib/elm/aliases.text   System alias file.

  NOTES

    Expression evaluation is a function of egrep, rather than of listalias.

  DIAGNOSTICS

    If egrep is not found, the error message Cannot open pipe to egrep program
    for expressions! appears.

    If the data file used for alias information cannot be found or opened,
    this message displays:  Opened {system | user} hash file, but couldn't
    open data file!.

  EXIT VALUES



  2/94 - Intergraph Corporation                                              1

  listalias(1)                        CLIX                        listalias(1)



    The command exits with a value of 0 if successful.  If unsuccessful, the
    command exits with a value of 1.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: newalias(1), elm(1), checkalias(1), grep(1)

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  2                                              Intergraph Corporation - 2/94