Hello, Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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"? because you wrote it when formulating the command line. $1 is empty in your environment, so x is expanded to 'echo PAR='. The rest of your command, which is ' 1', is appended then, resulting in 'echo PAR= 1'. Regards hmw -- 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
