Uhm, shouldn't you be in bed by now <grin>. Thank you for the response, but I
still cannot get it to work on a RH 8 machine.
---------- Original Message -----------
From: Mad Hatter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:06:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Passing args
> Not sure where this thread originated but positional
> parameters work in aliases, you just need to escape
> the '$':
> $ alias hello="echo got \$1"
> $ hello abc
> got abc
[root@www root]# cat .bashrc
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
alias ged="gedit \$1 &"
[root@www root]# alias
alias cp='cp -i'
alias d='ls -al'
....
alias ged='gedit $1 &'
[root@www root]# ged dummy.txt
[1] 4953
bash: dummy.txt: command not found
which starts gedit with a blank page ...
Made a full circle --- it should not be this difficult?
Thanks again,
Mike.
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