diff --git a/sh/core/code.awk b/sh/core/code.awk
index e9599cb..ae3c445 100644
--- a/sh/core/code.awk
+++ b/sh/core/code.awk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BEGIN {
     RE_END = RE_SPACES "$"
     RE_FUNC = RE_SPACES "\\(" RE_SPACES "\\)" RE_SPACES "{"
 
-    RE_ALIAS = RE_BEGIN "#=" RE_SPACES RE_VAR RE_END
+    re["alias"] = RE_BEGIN "#=" RE_SPACES RE_VAR RE_END
     RE_BINARY = RE_BEGIN "#\\|" RE_SPACES RE_VAR RE_END
     RE_CLOSE = RE_BEGIN "}" RE_SPACES RE_END
     RE_COMMAND = RE_BEGIN "#/" RE_SPACES RE_VAR RE_END
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 {
-    if (action == "aliases") {
-        if (match($0, RE_ALIAS, m)) {
+    if (action == "filter") {
+        if (match($0, re[target], m)) {
             print m[1]
         }
     } else if (action == "binaries") {
diff --git a/sh/core/code.sh b/sh/core/code.sh
index 91cf559..90f818c 100644
--- a/sh/core/code.sh
+++ b/sh/core/code.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ rwx_code_awk() {
 	echo "${_rwx_code_awk}"
 }
 
+# call awk for action with target
+rwx_code_action_target() {
+	local action="${1}"
+	local target="${2}"
+	[ -n "${action}" ] || return
+	rwx_code_cache |
+		awk \
+			-v action="${action}" \
+			-v target="${target}" \
+			"${_rwx_code_awk}"
+}
+
 # show the cached aliases
 #= rca
 rwx_code_aliases() {
@@ -232,7 +244,7 @@ EOF
 ${_rwx_code_commands_functions}
 EOF
 	# parse aliases
-	_rwx_code_aliases="$(rwx_code_parse "aliases")"
+	_rwx_code_aliases="$(rwx_code_action_target "filter" "alias")"
 	# parse binaries
 	_rwx_code_binaries="$(rwx_code_parse "binaries")"
 	# parse commands