See also: Alias, How to use command aliases.
The alias command makes Multipass create a persistent alias to run commands on a given instance. Its syntax is the following:
multipass alias instance:command [name]
If name is omitted, the alias name defaults to command.
After running this command, a new alias is defined as running the command on the given instance.
By default, if the host folder where the alias is being executed is mounted on the instance, the instance’s working directory is changed to the mounted directory. This behaviour can be avoided by defining the alias with the option --no-map-working-directory.
The full multipass help alias output explains the available options:
Usage: multipass alias [options] <definition> [<name>]
Create an alias to be executed on a given instance.
Options:
-h, --help Displays help on commandline options
-v, --verbose Increase logging verbosity. Repeat the 'v' in
the short option for more detail. Maximum
verbosity is obtained with 4 (or more) v's,
i.e. -vvvv.
-n, --no-map-working-directory Do not automatically map the host execution
path to a mounted path
Arguments:
definition Alias definition in the form
<instance>:<command>
name Name given to the alias being defined,
defaults to <command>
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