sort of. You can: alias file_to_copy="file_to_copy u...@remote:"
Unfortunately, that will get expanded when you run commands like 'cat'. Another option is to create a new function in bash to replace scp. Your function can detect the single filename and expand that into the real scp command. On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:09 PM, genxtech <jrmy.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have gotten to the point in my use of Linux that I have set up a few > aliases in my .bashrc and .bash_profile files that call bash scripts > to ssh into other machines. I was wondering whether it would be > possible to do something similar with scp. Maybe typing: alias > file_to_copy instead of typing scp file_to_copy > usern...@remote_machine. > > I know it's good to try and google for a solution first, but I was > unsure what to google for. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- Daniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
