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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2001 13:47:14 -0400
Subject:	pass command line arguement to alias
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I have an alias that starts an NT executable.  I'd like to pass an argument
to this executable in a bash?

I was trying:
alias ne="textpad $1 &"

but it thinks the argument is another command and tries to execute it.



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