# cmd_get_alias

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L417
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd_get_alias/

```c
char * cmd_get_alias(const char *name)
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`const char *`)

## Calls

- [`options_array_first`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-options_array_first/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L430)
- [`options_array_item_value`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-options_array_item_value/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L432)
- [`options_array_next`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-options_array_next/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L441)
- [`options_get_only`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-options_get_only/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L425)
- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L438)

## Referenced by

- [`tty_cmd_erasecharacter`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-tty_cmd_erasecharacter/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`global_options`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-variable-global_options/) (attribute)
- [`options_value.string`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-union-options_value-string/) (attribute)