[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 1/19/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have > >said: > >> On 1/19/07, cassiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >Why not just > >> > > >> >$ echo alias aliasname=\"alias commands\" >> ~/.bashrc > >[--snip --] > >> ...and have it work? Aliases don't support $1 or $@, do they? > > > >They do here > >alias deps='apt-cache showpkg $1' > >alias policy="apt-cache policy $1" > >alias 4page="a2ps --medium=Letter -4 $1" > > Ok, but how about one with $1 not at the end? Like: > > alias testarg="echo $1 was the testarg" > > I get "bell-style was the testarg blah" when I run $(testargh blah).
Think about it. I like to use real world examples. If you want to play then go ahead. alias pslpt="cat $1 | psnup -2 -pletter | lpr" Bye Wayne -- "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." -- Isaac Asimov _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]