Hello, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, 2015-12-20 at 15:00 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote: >> Remark: Working with aliases seems to be a bit sophisticated :-) > > Not really. IIRC aliases predate functions. They were first introduced > in the C Shell (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_(command)) and > are thus more limited. at least in (t)csh alias foo 'echo "par=\!^"' would have worked as the OP expected. Regards hmw -- biff4emacsen - A biff-like tool for (X)Emacs http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/biff4emacsen/biff4emacsen.html Flood - Your friendly network packet generator http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/flood/flood.html -- 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
