SHELL

get value of an alias in bash

type alias_name
# example:
type ls
# ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'

bash alias function that accepts arguments

alias example='f() { echo Your arg was $1. };f'

bash alias with parameter

myfunction() {
    #do things with parameters like $1 such as
    mv "$1" "$1.bak"
    cp "$2" "$1"
}