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<span style="color:#00ffff"> ALIAS SYSTEM</span>
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<span style="color:#00ffff">SYNTAX:</span>
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias</span> - List all your aliases
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias <name></span> - Show what an alias does
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias <name> <command></span> - Create a new alias
<span style="color:#00ff00">ralias <name></span> - Remove an alias
<span style="color:#00ffff">DESCRIPTION:</span>
Aliases allow you to create shortcuts for commonly used commands.
You can have up to 50 aliases, each up to 20 characters long.
<span style="color:#00ffff">EXAMPLES:</span>
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias n north</span> - Make 'n' move you north
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias hw say hello world</span> - Make 'hw' say "hello world"
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias gs get all/sell all</span> - Chain commands with /
<span style="color:#00ffff">ARGUMENT SUBSTITUTION:</span>
<span style="color:#00ff00">$*</span> - All arguments
<span style="color:#00ff00">$1</span> - First argument
<span style="color:#00ff00">$2</span> - Second argument
<span style="color:#00ff00">$1-</span> - First argument onwards
<span style="color:#00ff00">$2-3</span> - Arguments 2 through 3
Example: <span style="color:#00ff00">alias t tell $1 $2-</span>
Usage: <span style="color:#00ff00">t bob hello there</span> → <span style="color:#00ff00">tell bob hello there</span>
<span style="color:#00ffff">SPECIAL ALIAS - .LOGIN:</span>
The <span style="color:#00ff00">.login</span> alias executes automatically when you log in.
<span style="color:#00ff00">SYNTAX:</span> alias .login <command1/command2/...>
Commands are separated by forward slashes (/).
Maximum of 8 commands in your .login alias.
<span style="color:#00ff00">EXAMPLE:</span>
<span style="color:#00ff00">alias .login who/shout I'm back!/look</span>
This would:
1. Show who's online
2. Shout "I'm back!"
3. Look at your current room
<span style="color:#00ffff">RESTRICTIONS:</span>
• Cannot create aliases for: alias, ralias, quit, save
• Cannot create self-referencing aliases
• Aliases cannot conflict with existing commands
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