target fred

package telnet;

import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Alias {

    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Alias.class.getName());

    public Alias() {
    }

    public String parse(String line) throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException {
        char c = line.charAt(0);
        String s = String.valueOf(c);
        if ("/".equals(s)) {
            line = getAlias(line);
        }
        return line;
    }

    //string is  /t fred
    //get t (for target)
    //get fred

    private String getAlias(String line) {
        String a = line.subSequence(1, line.length()).toString();
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(\\w+)");  //(\w+)\.
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(line);
        String m;
        while (matcher.find()) {
            m = matcher.group();
            log.info(m);
        }
        return "";
    }
}