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Old 09-03-2006
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adding a new alias to Aliases
when we invoke a line we write
alias aliasname " "
but i have on the original line "specific string" so it must be
alias aliasname " "specific string" "
and it cause me trouble what can i do ?
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alias is normally a command, not a quoted string..? try
Code:
alias aliasname="\"specific string\""
specific string could be also surrounded by single-quote double-quote specific double-quote single-quote string
Code:
aliasname='"specific string"'
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i ment something like this
alias mine "/.../xsimphone 'name of phone' -f "

i think the ' ' string prevent me to run this alias
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Code:
alias mine='/.../xsimphone "name of phone" -f '
swap ' and " characters....
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Thumbs up Thank for you help !!! it works !!!
I will be happy if you can elaborate your explanation
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see the example - it is what you gave with different placement of ' and " characters
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