Displaying value of current aliases

To display the value of each alias known to the shell enter the command:

   alias

To display the current value for a particular alias use the command: 

   alias name_of_alias

For example to display the current value of the alias named print:

   alias print
   lpr \1* -Pps5

This informs you that print is an alias for the command lpr \1* -Pps5

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