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Old 10-03-2008
Alias with variable?

I'm new to UNIX. I have to run executables often, and they all have a common prefix "prefix_". Now I'm wondering if I can make an alias where I can type run xyz that will then execute "./prefix_xyz" ?

Thanks in advance.
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Old 10-03-2008
ummm

alias runme="./prefix_$1"

runme xyz



should do

example

alias love="echo $1"

love me
 
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