Alias Limitations

The maximum number of characters in an alias is 128.

Aliases cannot contain the following special characters: {* " ? ; : , / \ % @ }

Special Character

Description

*

asterisk

@

at sign

\

backslash

/

forward slash

:

colon

,

comma

{

open curly brace

}

closed curly brace

"

double-quote

 

space

?

question mark

%

percent sign

;

semi-colon

For example, the following error message is displayed:

(config) port 1/3/x12 alias port\1% Invalid alias 'port\1'. '\' is a reserved character.

Note:  When backslash (\) and quotation mark (") are used at the very end of an alias, a newline is appended to the alias.

(config) # map ali m\>

(config map alias m^J) # from 1/1/g2