On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Fulko Hew <fulko.hew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Joachim Backes > <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Running F23, and my shell is /bin/bash. >> >> My problem: suppose you define an alias: >> >> alias x='echo PAR=$1' >> >> Now call the alias by: >> >> x 1 >> >> Output: PAR= 1 >> >> My question: why do I get the blank before the "1"? >> >> All comments are welcome. > > I have no idea as to why (personally I would think its 'not as right > as it could/should be'), > but I just checked my F8 system, and it behaves the same way. My > 'really' old UNIX > system is down right now, so I can't check to see what it does. Testing further, I tried and got this. alias x='echo PAR=-$1-' $ x 2 PAR=-- 2 Now, I'm sure we are forgetting something fundamental! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org