[NCLUG] bash alias

[joshua at fitsnips.net]

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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