Pass Arguments in Powershell's New-Alias like You Can in Bash

Question

I want to create a new alias in Powershell, but doing the following:

new-alias -name dog -value "C:\Path\To\Dog.exe -flag1 -flag2 arg3"

gives me an error about "C:\Path\To\Dog.exe -flag1 -flag2 arg3" not being a valid cmd. I also tried the following:

new-alias -name dog -value "C:\Path\To\Dog.exe" -flag1 -flag2 arg3

but this caused PS to complain that "-flag1" was not a valid option for the new-alias command. How do I pass parameters in my alias, like I can do in *nix-land?

An alias is a "nickname" for a command. It cannot include parameters. — Mike Shepard, Jan 04 '16 at 02:56
Thanks, also duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4166370/how-can-i-write-a-powershell-alias-with-arguments-in-the-middle — xdhmoore, Jan 04 '16 at 21:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 03:11

One way to do this is to create a function that accepts all the parameters you want for your app and then alias that.

function Get-Ipconfig
{
    param
    ($Parameter1 = 'all')

    ipconfig.exe "`/$parameter1"

}


Get-Ipconfig

New-Alias -Name gip -Value Get-Ipconfig

xXhRQ8sD2L7Z · Answer 2 · 2016-01-04T03:07:49.980

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Try putting your command inside brackets:

new-alias -name dog -value (&"C:\Path\To\Dog.exe" -flag1 -flag2 arg3)

edited Jan 04 '16 at 03:07

answered Jan 04 '16 at 02:44

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Nopes, I get an error: "Unexpected token '-flag1' in expression or statement" – xdhmoore Jan 04 '16 at 02:45
I forgot the & - updated it now – xXhRQ8sD2L7Z Jan 04 '16 at 03:08
This seems to execute the expression within the `(& )` first and use the result as the alias value, correct? Not exactly what I'm trying to do. – xdhmoore Jan 04 '16 at 03:24

Pass Arguments in Powershell's New-Alias like You Can in Bash

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