diff --git a/base/commands/alias/alias_it_test.go b/base/commands/alias/alias_it_test.go
index 6d2df06a..ac8f39ab 100644
--- a/base/commands/alias/alias_it_test.go
+++ b/base/commands/alias/alias_it_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func TestAlias(t *testing.T) {
 		f    func(t *testing.T)
 	}{
 		{name: "Execute_Interactive", f: Execute_InteractiveTest},
+		{name: "ExecuteSQL_Interactive", f: ExecuteSQL_InteractiveTest},
 		{name: "Add_Interactive", f: Add_InteractiveTest},
 		{name: "Remove_Interactive", f: Remove_InteractiveTest},
 		{name: "List_Interactive", f: List_InteractiveTest},
@@ -43,6 +44,35 @@ func Execute_InteractiveTest(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func ExecuteSQL_InteractiveTest(t *testing.T) {
+	tcx := it.TestContext{T: t}
+	tcx.Tester(func(tcx it.TestContext) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		name := it.NewUniqueObjectName("table")
+		alias.Aliases.Store("sqlAlias", fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT * FROM "%s" ORDER BY __key;`+"\n", name))
+		tcx.WithShell(ctx, func(tcx it.TestContext) {
+			tcx.WithReset(func() {
+				tcx.WriteStdinf(`
+				CREATE MAPPING "%s" (
+					__key INT,
+					this VARCHAR
+				) TYPE IMAP OPTIONS (
+					'keyFormat' = 'int',
+					'valueFormat' = 'varchar'
+				);`+"\n", name)
+				tcx.WriteStdinf(`
+				INSERT INTO "%s" (__key, this) VALUES (10, 'foo'), (20, 'bar');
+			`+"\n", name)
+				tcx.WriteStdinString("@sqlAlias\n")
+				tcx.AssertStdoutContains("10")
+				tcx.AssertStdoutContains("foo")
+				tcx.AssertStdoutContains("20")
+				tcx.AssertStdoutContains("bar")
+			})
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func Add_InteractiveTest(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	tcx := it.TestContext{T: t}
diff --git a/base/commands/shell_script_common.go b/base/commands/shell_script_common.go
index 28f3b909..4f9e2752 100644
--- a/base/commands/shell_script_common.go
+++ b/base/commands/shell_script_common.go
@@ -95,18 +95,22 @@ func convertAliasToCmd(text string) (string, error) {
 	parts := strings.Split(text, " ")
 	name := parts[0]
 	suffix := strings.Join(parts[1:], " ")
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(paths.Home(), alias.AliasFileName))
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("alias not found: %s", name)
+	if v, ok := alias.Aliases.Load(name); ok { // find from memory
+		return v.(string), nil
+	} else { // find from shell.clc
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(paths.Home(), alias.AliasFileName))
+		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("alias not found: %s", name)
+			}
+			return "", err
 		}
-		return "", err
-	}
-	lines := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		p := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
-		if len(p) == 2 && p[0] == name {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s %s", shell.CmdPrefix, p[1], suffix), nil
+		lines := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")
+		for _, line := range lines {
+			p := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+			if len(p) == 2 && p[0] == name {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", p[1], suffix), nil
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("alias not found: %s", name)