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From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Set default options
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Hi,

On Sep 12, 3:06=A0am, Eli Zaretskii <e DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
> > From: Robert Riebisch <Robert DOT Riebi DOT  DOT  DOT  AT arcor DOT de>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:49:40 +0200
>
> > I use GNU diffutils very often. Shell is either command.com / cmd.exe o=
r
> > bash.exe Is there any way to pass some default options to diff.exe? I'd
> > like to make "-aprNU5" default.
>
> You could define an alias in both Bash and cmd.exe (but not in
> command.com, AFAIK). =A0With cmd.exe, you say something like this
> (untested):
>
> =A0 =A0 doskey diff=3Ddiff -aprNU5 $*

Yes, that sounds right. Of course, CMD won't let you use aliases
inside .BAT scripts (while 4DOS or Bash will). What is the ideal place
for Bash, inside _bashrc?