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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers A very simple script, but alias won't work Post 302423613 by sssccc on Friday 21st of May 2010 12:21:59 PM
Old 05-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by curleb
Permissions typically cascade along the path, so be sure that your UID has access to execute along the entire path to your script.

Otherwise, if your script is exclusively to set the named alias...just add this to your . file and have it set on login.

csh...bad! Smilie

Code:
ls -ld .

I don't have problem executing other scripts. Only the alias command is not working.

Setting it on login kinda defeats the purpose. This is a script that I want to run on the fly passing a parameter to the script and might run it several times during a session with different parameters. For example, I would like to eventually modify the alias command to some thing like this:

alias ss "vi $1.log"
alias tt "vi $1.txt"
alias kk "vi $1.ksh"

and run the script just by typing al myfile to set the 3 aliases as above pointing to myfile.
 

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KITSEND(1)                                                    General Commands Manual                                                   KITSEND(1)

NAME
kitpost - posts distribution kits SYNOPSIS
kitpost [ -hrV ] [ -H file ] [ -D desc ] [ -m dest1,dest2 ] [ kits ] [ newsgroups ] DESCRIPTION
Kitpost posts distribution kits made by makedist to some (source) newsgroups specified on the command line. If you do not specify any kit list, then all the kits are sent. Otherwise, only the specified kits will be (re)sent. A kit list may include ranges, 1-10 specifying kits 1 through 10, and 5- meaning kits 5 up to the last one. You may also specify kit num- bers by separating them with commas or spaces, and even mix with ranges, such as: 1 3 5-7 9. Kitpost ensures correct References: lines are inserted in your postings so that all parts but the first point to the root article. Threaded newsreaders and end-users traditionally appreciate that. OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by kitpost: -h Print help message and exit. -m dest1,destn Sends kits by e-mail to the specified recipients. This option may be used in conjunction with newsgroup posting. It is mainly intended for sites where direct posting to a moderated newsgroup is not allowed by inews. You may thus send your kits to the newsgroup moderator in a form that will ease the whole posting process. -r Signals a repost. -D description Specify a description string that will be added to the subject line. Usually a brief sentence (less than, say, 40 characters). -H file Specify a file to be used as header introduction in the first part of your posting. Usually the root README file. -V Print version number and exit. BUGS
Article cross-referencing is properly set-up only when the whole package is (re)posted in one batch. It is not currently possible to set-up the article headers manually or better, interactively. AUTHOR
Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com> SEE ALSO
makedist(1), kitsend(1). ram KITSEND(1)
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