How do I set the aliases to echo the commands before executing on Windows
I am setting command line aliases on Windows using doskey /MACROFILE=foo.txt.
Before executing each command, I would like my command prompt to echo the actual command that I would be executing through aliases
My set_aliases.bat file looks like this:
DOSKEY /MACROFILE="foo.txt"
My foo.txt looks like this
cdhome=cd c:
...
other aliases that I want to set
...
If I execute the cdhome command, I would like my command prompt to be doing this:
*** executing aliases: cd c: ***
before executing the command.
How would I achieve this on Windows?
windows cmd.exe alias
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I am setting command line aliases on Windows using doskey /MACROFILE=foo.txt.
Before executing each command, I would like my command prompt to echo the actual command that I would be executing through aliases
My set_aliases.bat file looks like this:
DOSKEY /MACROFILE="foo.txt"
My foo.txt looks like this
cdhome=cd c:
...
other aliases that I want to set
...
If I execute the cdhome command, I would like my command prompt to be doing this:
*** executing aliases: cd c: ***
before executing the command.
How would I achieve this on Windows?
windows cmd.exe alias
migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 12 at 5:46
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it callsAddConsoleAliaswithExeNameset to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e.ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.
– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir)so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros filez=blah.bat $*There can be whatever commands in that bat.
– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59
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I am setting command line aliases on Windows using doskey /MACROFILE=foo.txt.
Before executing each command, I would like my command prompt to echo the actual command that I would be executing through aliases
My set_aliases.bat file looks like this:
DOSKEY /MACROFILE="foo.txt"
My foo.txt looks like this
cdhome=cd c:
...
other aliases that I want to set
...
If I execute the cdhome command, I would like my command prompt to be doing this:
*** executing aliases: cd c: ***
before executing the command.
How would I achieve this on Windows?
windows cmd.exe alias
I am setting command line aliases on Windows using doskey /MACROFILE=foo.txt.
Before executing each command, I would like my command prompt to echo the actual command that I would be executing through aliases
My set_aliases.bat file looks like this:
DOSKEY /MACROFILE="foo.txt"
My foo.txt looks like this
cdhome=cd c:
...
other aliases that I want to set
...
If I execute the cdhome command, I would like my command prompt to be doing this:
*** executing aliases: cd c: ***
before executing the command.
How would I achieve this on Windows?
windows cmd.exe alias
windows cmd.exe alias
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migrated from stackoverflow.com Feb 12 at 5:46
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First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it callsAddConsoleAliaswithExeNameset to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e.ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.
– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir)so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros filez=blah.bat $*There can be whatever commands in that bat.
– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59
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First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it callsAddConsoleAliaswithExeNameset to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e.ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.
– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir)so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros filez=blah.bat $*There can be whatever commands in that bat.
– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59
First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it calls
AddConsoleAlias with ExeName set to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e. ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it calls
AddConsoleAlias with ExeName set to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e. ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.
doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir) so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros file z=blah.bat $* There can be whatever commands in that bat.– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.
doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir) so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros file z=blah.bat $* There can be whatever commands in that bat.– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59
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First, understand what these aliases are. They aren't implemented by the CMD shell. By default doskey.exe creates aliases for CMD, i.e. it calls
AddConsoleAliaswithExeNameset to "cmd.exe". Console aliases substitute the alias target when the alias source string matches the beginning of a line when the console reads in line-input mode (i.e.ENABLE_LINE_INPUT). The alias substitution has already occurred in a line of input that CMD read from the console.– eryksun
Feb 11 at 23:21
This will probably help but has been a while. I checked an old file I have. You can do (from the command line) e.g.
doskey z=(echo abc ^& dir)so in a macros file probably similar but without the word 'doskey'(you can experiment with escaping the ampersand or not). And i think you can do in a macros filez=blah.bat $*There can be whatever commands in that bat.– barlop
Feb 12 at 17:59