On 2007/07/28 14:46 (GMT-0700) joe apparently typed:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Aliases don't take positional parameters, at least not in BASH (I think they do in the Csh family, if I recall correctly). They simply expanded verbatim in front of any arguments you give, so if you invoke it with "/dev/hda7" as an argument, it's like running this command:
Yes, Randall is right. I took a lazy shortcut and did this instead:
for i in `cat drives`; do tune2fs -l $i | grep volume; done
which of course worked....
Not for me. I put that in a script, and got 'cat: drives: No such file or directory', and get a syntax error unexpected token from an alias. :-( -- "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteoousness." 2 Timothy 3:16 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org