Alias syntax for Firefox 'cfx run -profile '

Question

I would like to know how to do set-alias in PowerShell for the cmd used in developing Firefox extension:

cfx run -p C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mo         


        

Answer 1

In PowerShell aliases can be defined only for commands or cmdlets, not for entire commandlines with parameters:

NAME
    New-Alias

SYNOPSIS
    Creates a new alias.
[...]
DESCRIPTION
    The New-Alias cmdlet creates a new alias in the current Windows
    PowerShell session. Aliases created by using New-Alias are not
    saved after you exit the session or close Windows PowerShell. You
    can use the Export-Alias cmdlet to save your alias information to
    a file. You can later use Import-Alias to retrieve that saved
    alias information.

PARAMETERS
[...]
    -Value <String>
        Specifies the name of the cmdlet or command element that is
        being aliased.

You'll need a custom function if you want a shorthand for running a particular command with parameters.

function cfxp {
  & cfx run -p "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ripltbxm.cfxp"
}