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Alias confusion - multiple commands ?

I've read the man on the alias command, and I am perplexed. I don't see a way to create an alias that will perform more than one command......is there a way to create an alias that is a string of a commands ?
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Depends on the shell. With ksh, no you can't. You're supposed to use a function instead.
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