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Old 06-30-2005
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\!*

Hello everyone.

Over time I've seen \!* used in shell scripts. Based on examples (bottom of the page) I've found, I assume it substitutes all of the arguments passed, which I thought $* was typically used for.

I cannot find it in the few books I have, and search engines aren't friendly when using these characters.

Does anyone have a solid description/explanation of what this is doing?

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That is how you pass arguments to a csh alias.
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thank you sir
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Is there a method to pass an argument to a Korn alias?

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