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diff --git a/doc_src/alias.txt b/doc_src/alias.txt
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@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ alias NAME=DEFINITION
You cannot create an alias to a function with the same name.
+Note that spaces need to be escaped in the call to alias just like in the commandline _even inside the quotes_.
+
\subsection alias-example Example
@@ -31,4 +33,8 @@ alias rmi "rm -i"
function rmi
rm -i $argv
end
+
+# This needs to have the spaces escaped or "Chrome.app..." will be seen as an argument to "/Applications/Google":
+
+alias chrome='/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome banana'
\endfish