environment/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/alias.py
def expand_alias(self, line):
        """ Expand an alias in the command line

        Returns the provided command line, possibly with the first word
        (command) translated according to alias expansion rules.

        [ipython]|16> _ip.expand_aliases("np myfile.txt")
                 <16> 'q:/opt/np/notepad++.exe myfile.txt'
        """

        pre,_,fn,rest = split_user_input(line)
        res = pre + self.expand_aliases(fn, rest)
        return res
def expand_alias(self, line):
        pre,_,fn,rest = split_user_input(line)
        res = pre + self.expand_aliases(fn, rest)
        return res
def expand_alias ( self , line ) : pre , _ , fn , rest = split_user_input ( line ) res = pre + self . expand_aliases ( fn , rest ) return res
Expand an alias in the command line

        Returns the provided command line, possibly with the first word
        (command) translated according to alias expansion rules.

        [ipython]|16> _ip.expand_aliases("np myfile.txt")
                 <16> 'q:/opt/np/notepad++.exe myfile.txt'
Expand an alias in the command line