This script will allow the user to select a feature class and output the features Name, Alias, and Type to a .csv file. To be used in ArcGIS Modelbuilder.

listAliases.py

'''
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listAliases.py

4/8/2014

This script will allow the user to select a feature class and output the features Name, Alias, and Type to a .csv file. 

Arguments: 
0 - Input Featureclass
1 - Output Folder

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'''


import arcpy, os, csv
from arcpy import *


inputFC = GetParameterAsText(0)
outputFolder = GetParameterAsText(1)
	
desc = Describe(inputFC)

fp_out = open((outputFolder + os.sep + desc.name + "_desc" + ".csv"), "wb")
writer = csv.writer(fp_out, delimiter=",")

header = ["Name", "Alias", "Type"]
writer.writerow(header)
	
for field in desc.fields:
	row = [field.name, field.aliasName, field.type]
	writer.writerow(row)
	
fp_out.close()

AddWarning ("""

Your table has been output to the following location: 

{0}

""" .format(outputFolder))