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   Auric__ to iGeek   
   Re: Creating UNIX-like aliases   
   08 Feb 11 22:50:54   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:37:00 GMT, "iGeek" wrote:   
      
   > Gday all,   
   >   
   > Was looking for a way to create aliases for Windows XP CLI commands -   
   > sort of like UNIX does it.   
   >   
   > I've heard you can put something in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file but I'm not   
   > sure if that is the way to go.   
   >   
   > Does anyone know of a method that would work?   
      
   The autoexec.bat method involves using doskey.com:   
     doskey ls=dir/b $*   
      
   There are other things you can do -- for example, you could write a batch   
   file.   
      
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