ncidd.alias(5) - Linux man page

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Description

The ncidd.alias file is used to create aliases. A alias is set on a alias line. A line is broken up into words. A word is either a string of non-blank characters, everything between double quotes, or an equal sign.

The ncidd.alias file understands 3 types of lines:

blank line

skip it

comment line, beginning with '#'

skip it

alias line, beginning with 'alias'

alias [NMBR|NAME] "FROM" = "TO" [if "VALUE"]

where NMBR or NAME is a KEYWORD
where FROM is a string or "*" when using "if"
where TO is the "alias"
where VALUE is a NAME if KEYWORD = NMBR
where VALUE is a NMBR if KEYWORD =

Examples

alias OUT-OF-AREA = UNAVAILABLE

Change OUT-OF-AREA to UNAVAILABLE for a NAME:

alias NAME OUT-OF-AREA = UNAVAILABLE

Change generic name to specific name for a phone number:

alias NAME * = "John on CELL" if 4075551212

Mask a phone number:

alias NMBR 4075551212 = "----------"

Change the line indicator, from no display, to POTS:

alias LINE - = POTS

Change the ncidsip line indicator, from 1122, to no display:

alias LINE 1122 = -

Change the ncidsip line indicator display, for any line, to VOIP:

alias LINE * = VOIP

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