Aliases for windows command line

alias.cmd

::
:: Aliases for windows command line
::
:: Installation:
::
:: - create a folder for your aliases (eg: ```c:\cmd-aliases```)
:: - add that folder to your PATH variable
:: - save this script as setalias.cmd on that folder
:: - run "alias" to see usage
::
:: author: Benjamin Eidelman <beneidel@gmail.com>
::
@echo off

set operation=%1
set aliasname=%2
set aliasfile=%~dp0%2.cmd

IF "%~1"=="" GOTO help
IF /I "%~1"=="list" GOTO listaliases
IF /I "%~1"=="set" GOTO setalias
IF /I "%~1"=="get" GOTO getalias
IF /I "%~1"=="delete" GOTO deletealias
IF /I "%~1"=="here" GOTO setaliashere

:help

echo. Usage:
echo.   alias list                        - list available cmd aliases
echo.   alias set [name] [command line]   - set an alias
echo.   alias get [name]                  - show an alias
echo.   alias delete [name]               - delete alias
echo.   alias here [name] [command line]  - create alias cmd on cwd

exit /B

:listaliases

dir /B %~dp0*.cmd
exit /B

:setaliashere

set aliasfile=%2.cmd

:setalias

if "%aliasname%"=="alias" (
	echo ERROR: cannot set this alias
	exit /B 1
)

echo %1 %2> "%aliasfile%"
for %%a in ("%aliasfile%") do set /a length=%%~za 
set /a length=length-1
set commandline=%*
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
call set commandline=!commandline:~%length%!
set commandline=%commandline% %%*
echo %commandline%> "%aliasfile%"
echo INFO: alias "%aliasname%" set
exit /B

:getalias

if exist %aliasfile% (
  type %aliasfile%
) ELSE (
  echo ERROR: alias not found
  exit /B 1
)
exit /B

:deletealias

if /I "%aliasname%"=="alias" (
	echo ERROR: cannot delete this alias
	exit /B 1
)

if exist %aliasfile% (
  del %aliasfile%
  echo INFO: alias deleted
) ELSE (
  echo INFO: alias not found
)
exit /B

Thank you for snippet. :-) I use it with only one change on line 60 to
echo @echo off> "%aliasfile%"
echo %commandline%>> "%aliasfile%"
because this suppress inessential echo from alias :-)

This program does not work when installed into a directory whose name contains spaces. I installed it into %USERPROFILE%\Program Files\bin, and alias list always says Cannot find given path.

When I run alias set 5 echo hello, world, the output is:

set
INFO: alias "5" set

The set should not appear in the output. Also, the created 5.cmd does not work, since it looks like this:

d %*

The installation instructions should say save this script as alias.cmd instead of setalias.cmd.

Aliases defined with this tool cannot be used in other .cmd scripts, since execution stops after the first one. For example:

five.cmd:

@echo off
one
one
one
one
one

one.cmd:

@echo off
echo one

When running five.cmd, I expect it to output 5 times a line one. Instead, only the first line is output.

Could someone add commands and explanations to it? I am a Linux guy, know a lot about
ruby too but windows is black magic to me. :(

this is just chef's kiss amazing