This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Import-Alias', in PowerShell version 4 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Imports an alias list from a file.
Import-Alias [-Path] <String> [-Force] [-PassThru] [-Scope <String>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Import-Alias [-Force] [-PassThru] [-Scope <String>] -LiteralPath <String> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Import-Alias cmdlet imports an alias list from a file.
Beginning in Windows PowerShell 3.0, as a security feature, Import-Alias does not overwrite existing aliases by default. To overwrite an existing alias, after assurin
g that the contents of the alias file is safe, use the Force parameter.
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Export-Alias
Get-Alias
New-Alias
Set-Alias
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PS C:\>import-alias test.txt
This command imports alias information from a file named test.txt.