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From: JROZYCKI AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com
To: "Jim Reisert" <Jim_Reisert AT terago DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:48:34 -0400
Subject: Re: BASH syntax for passing command line to argument
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make it a function in your .bashrc and remove the !*

function newls ()
{
     ls -lrt | tail -7
}


"Jim Reisert" <Jim_Reisert AT terago DOT com> on 07/11/2001 05:15:37 PM

To:   Jeff Rozycki/EB/GDYN AT GDYN
cc:
Subject:  BASH syntax for passing command line to argument


I saw your article on the web:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-05/msg00956.html

I can't figure out how to convert the following cshrc alias to work with
bash:

  asic1-bstn:~>alias new='ls -lrt !* | tail -20'
  asic1-bstn:~>new
  !*: No such file or directory

My original CSH alias looked like:

  alias new='ls -lrt \!* | tail -20'

but that doesn't work either.

Please help, I would be grateful.

- Jim

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