Hmm, as fas as I remember `aliases' can't handle arguments, since they are inserted literally. If I need arguments I wrap the code into a function. At least the following example with alias didn't work in Bash and KSH:
I want to have an alias for the command
fold -78 filename | lp
How do I set my alias so that the argument passed is filename ??
alias lp='fold -78 | lp'
then
lp filename
wont work cuase this is
fold -78 | lp filename (1 Reply)
I've read the man on the alias command, and I am perplexed. I don't see a way to create an alias that will perform more than one command......is there a way to create an alias that is a string of a commands ? (1 Reply)
A good place to start is simple variable passing....
Passing variables from one script to another
The next level is passing a variable into a more complex command such as using a variable in a sed command. There are some simple quoting techniques that are very general. These are mentioned... (0 Replies)
Okay so I have an alias that looks like this:
ALIAS gscn {
MSG gscn Test1
MSG gscn Test2
MSG gscn Test3
MSG gscn Test4
MSG gscn Test5
}
How do I make it wait 5 seconds between each command before it executes the next one after that in order from top to bottom? I tried the TIMER... (1 Reply)
Hi, hope everyone are fine. Please find my issue below, and I request your help in the same
In a configuration file, i have a variable defined as below
TEST = 'One','Two','Three'
I am trying to pass this variable in to a sql script which is define in a pl/sql block
as follows,
In the... (1 Reply)
If one:
$ find -name 'some expression' -type f > newfile
and then subsequently wants to create an alias file from each pathname the find command retrieved and the > placed within 'newfile', how would one do this? Ideally, the newly created alias files would all be in one directory.
I am... (3 Replies)
the scenario is -
If I pass 3 three arguments( run time) , it should list all .txt files from a path to temp file
if I pass 2 arguments ( run time) , it should list all .csv files from the same path to another temp file
the above scenario should be handled in single code and also I dont know ... (2 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
Need some help with the shell scripting here.
#!/bin/ksh
ps -ef | grep -i sample.ksh | grep -v grep > abc.txt
if
then
echo "sample.ksh is executing"
else
echo "sample.ksh is not executing"
fi (1 Reply)
Hi,
I know with getopts you can pass arguments from the command line
./script -ab -c apple
But it doesn't support 2 or more arguments for ONE option. Is there any other way to do this?
Thanks (2 Replies)
Hi
I need to write a script to ssh through several hops (e.g. HostA-HostB-HostC-HostD), where Host A does not have direct assess to HostC ; HostB cannot access HostD directly.
when I ssh 3 hops and run command with arg1, arg2 and redirect the output to a file, e.g.
HostA> ssh -t HostB ssh -t... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: chiensh
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aliasadm
aliasadm(1M) System Administration Commands aliasadm(1M)NAME
aliasadm - manipulate the NIS+ aliases map
SYNOPSIS
aliasadm -a alias expansion [options comments] optional flags
aliasadm -c alias expansion [ options comments] [ optional flags]
aliasadm -d alias [ optional flags]
aliasadm -e alias [ optional flags]
aliasadm -l alias [ optional flags]
aliasadm -m alias [ optional flags]
aliasadm [-I] [-D domainname] [-f filename] [-M mapname]
DESCRIPTION
aliasadm makes changes to the alias map.
The alias map is an NIS+ table object with four columns:
alias The name of the alias as a null terminated string.
expansion The value of the alias as it would appear in a sendmail /etc/aliases file.
options A list of options applicable to this alias. The only option currently supported is CANON. With this option, if the user
has requested an inverse alias lookup, and there is more than one alias with this expansion, this alias is given prefer-
ence.
comments An arbitrary string containing comments about this alias. The sendmail(1M) command reads this map in addition to the NIS
aliases map and the local /etc/aliases database.
OPTIONS -a Add an alias.
-c Change an alias.
-d Delete an alias.
-e Edit the alias map.
-I Initialize the NIS+ aliases database.
-l List the alias map.
-m Print or match an alias.
-D domainname Edit the map in domain domainname instead of the current domain.
-f filename When editing or listing the database, use filename instead of invoking the editor.
-M mapname Edit mapname instead of mail_aliases.
FILES
/etc/aliases mail aliases for the local host in ASCII format
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWnisu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sendmail(1M), attributes(5)NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are
available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
SunOS 5.10 12 Dec 2001 aliasadm(1M)