Import-Alias - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Import-Alias

Description
Import an alias list from a file

Usage


Options
-Path path
        The path to the item {may be piped}
        Wildcards are allowed but they must resolve to a single name.

   -passThru 
        Pass the object created by Import-Alias through the pipeline.

   -scope string
       The scope to apply to the imported aliases.
       Valid values are "Global", "Local", or "Script", or a number relative
       to the current scope ( 0 through the number of scopes, where 0 is the
       current scope and 1 is its parent). "Local" is the default.
       For more, type "get-help about_scope".

   -force 
       Allows importing/overwriting an alias that is already defined and has
       the read-only option set. For currently-defined aliases see:
         get-alias | select-object name,Options

   -whatIf
       Describe what would happen if you executed the command without actually
       executing the command.

   -confirm
       Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.

   CommonParameters:
       -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.

Example(s)
Import alias info from SS64.txt:

PS C:\>import-alias SS64.txt