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# 1  
Old 02-22-2006
alias for rm command
Hi,

i want to make alias for rm command. It should actually move the file to a directory in my home.

Say if i type
%rm abc.txt
the command should expand to
%mv abc.txt ~ashishp/trash

How should I write the alias for this?

-Ashish
# 2  
Old 02-22-2006
please give rep
# 3  
Old 02-23-2006
Hi

is it possible to have such alias. Unix gurus pls reply.

-Ashish
# 4  
Old 02-23-2006
Make your alias point to a script.

Code:
[/tmp]$ cat copy.ksh 
#! /bin/ksh

(($#)) || { echo "No source file provided" ; exit 1 ; }

/bin/cp "$1" /tmp
[/tmp]$ alias copy='/path/to/copy.ksh'

And finally use the alias.

Code:
[/tmp]$ copy ~/server.xml

Make sure your copy.ksh has execute permissions.

If you dont want to use a script, then see the example at the end of page in - Examples of creating a command alias in the C shell
# 5  
Old 02-23-2006
Thanks Vino.

I got it worked on csh using command alias rm 'mv \!^ ~ashishp/trash'.
But could not get it right on ksh.

-Ashish
# 6  
Old 02-23-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by shriashishpatil
But could not get it right on ksh.
Which solution ? The \!^ or the copy.ksh ?
# 7  
Old 02-23-2006
copy.ksh worked. but \!^ did not work on ksh.
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