Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <00b501c0df00$48f39190$ec33273f@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: , References: <85256A4F.00614E05.00@ebmail.gdeb.com> Subject: Re: pass command line arguement to alias Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 11:31:31 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Try using a function instead. -- Mac :}) Give a hobbit a fish and he'll eat fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he'll eat fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:47 Subject: pass command line arguement to alias > 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. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple