same problem... not on my terminal
bash-4.3$ x 1
PAR=1
but I must say you explained "the why" very well regards the initial empty parameterbash-4.3$ x 1
PAR=1
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Michael Welle <mwe012008@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Philip Brown <philipbrown.es@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> i think that is a feature of echo
> if you want without the space you could use printf
>
> alias x='printf "PAR=%s\n" $1'
same problem as with the initial question. What value does the $1 have?
It is empty. alias does not expect any parameters, if that might be the
idea behind $1.
Regards
hmw
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