---------- Original Message ----------- From: j_post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:55:31 -0800 Subject: Re: Passing args
> On Friday 10 January 2003 05:37 pm, you wrote: > > The answer to this is probably so easy ... > > > > I want to be in a terminal and type ed filename and have the editor open > > and start editing filename in the background. > > > > Easy, put an alias in /etc/profile Oops, does not work at all if in /etc/profile (alias is totally ignored); needs to go /etc/bashrc. > > alias ed="gedit $1 & " <--- this one That is what I thought. Unfortunately, it does not work. I type ed dummy.txt, the gedit editor opens with a blank page in the background, an error message appears on the terminal screen saying "bash: dummy.txt command not found." This is on a RH 8 system. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
