SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

Getting aliases

In this recipe, we take a look at aliases in PowerShell.

How to do it...

Let's check out aliases in PowerShell:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.
2. Add the following script and run it:

   #list all aliases 
   Get-Alias
   
   #get members of Get-Alias
   Get-Alias | 
   Get-Member
   
   #list cmdlet that is aliased as dir
   $alias:dir
   
   #list cmdlet that is aliased as ls
   $alias:ls
   
   #get all aliases of Get-ChildItem
   Get-Alias -Definition "Get-ChildItem"

How it works...

An alias in PowerShell is a different name that you can use for a cmdlet. Some cmdlets already come with a handful of aliases, but you can create your own aliases for cmdlets as well.

The Get-Alias returns all PowerShell aliases. PowerShell's building blocks are cmdlets that are named using the