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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
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Comments: In reply to Sven Guckes <guckes@math.fu-berlin.de>
        "compctl - aliasing hostnames" (Jul 30, 11:07pm)
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On Jul 30, 11:07pm, Sven Guckes wrote:
> Subject: compctl - aliasing hostnames
> I'd like to type "ssh alias" and be connected with "ssh hostname".
> How could you "alias" a hostname with completion control?

Use "alias -g":

zsh% alias -g fnorgle=aixhost
zsh% ssh fnorgle
user@aixhost's Password:

Of course, that means that fnorgle will be replaced by aixhost everywhere
in all commands, not just in the ssh command.