When I type :
Set-Alias -Name test2 -Value test
Get-Alias shows test2 points to test
But with
Set-Alias -Name test2-clone -Value test
Get-Alias shows test2-clone but it doesn't point to test
1 Answer
While the alias does not display properly, it does still get set correctly:
# Set two examples
Set-Alias TestAlias -Value Get-Date
Set-Alias Test-Hyphen -Value Get-Date
# Doesn't display correctly from Get-Alias
Get-Alias Test*
CommandType Name Version Source
----------- ---- ------- ------
Alias TestAlias -> Get-Date ## Works
Alias Test-Hyphen ## Doesn't show command?
# Check the alias properties to see the command definition is set correctly:
Get-Alias Test-Hyphen | Select DisplayName,Definition
DisplayName Definition
----------- ----------
Test-Hyphen Get-Date
# Use the alias, and it works fine:
Test-Hyphen
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 10:00:08 AM
This is an (old) bug in the View for commandinfo type objects defined in C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShellCore.format.ps1xml
This is on purpose, per the Get-Alias help page:
The output shows the -> format that was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0. This format is used only for aliases that do not include hyphens, because aliases with hyphens are typically preferred names for cmdlets and functions, rather than nicknames.
1 Comment
mklement0
Nice sleuthing. Since the bug still is still present in the current PowerShell Core version, I encourage you to file a bug at github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues
testa function? What PowerShell version are you on?