[NCLUG] bash alias

[Eric Brunson]

It's because the $1 isn't being evaluated at all.

Read the section of the bash man page on aliases.

* joshua at fitsnips.net (joshua at fitsnips.net) [011017 17:07]:
> This is really odd.  I assumed it would be:
> 
> alias "xm=xemacs $1 &"  
> 
> but that does not work.  Now if I leave off the: & 
> the substitution works great.  Would love to see how
> you guys solve this one.  Also anyone know why adding 
> & on the end changes the command?
> 
> Joshua
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting "Aaron D. Johnson" <adj at ccltd.com>:
> 
> > In message <15310.1310.289581.54060 at harrier.ftc.agilent.com>, Daniel
> > Herrington writes
> > > I use tcsh most of the time.  I have an alias for xemacs so that I can 
> > > just type "xe <file>" and it starts xemacs and puts it in the
> > > background.  The alias I use for this is the following:
> > > 
> > > alias xe  'xemacs \!* &' 
> > > 
> > > How would I do the same thing in bash?
> > 
> > I'd do:
> > 
> >     xe () { xemacs $* & }
> > 
> > Which makes xe a shell function rather than an alias, but it works
> > just the same.
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