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
   lp \1* -dps5

Informs you that print is an alias for the command lp \1* -dps5.

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