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Old 01-10-2006
Can we use aliased commands in script?
Hi All,
I need a small help.. when we use aliased commands in shell script, they are not being recognized when I used. Is there any way to use aliased commands in scritping? Please let me know if u know...

Thank you
Chanu
# 2  
Old 01-10-2006
you need to load your alias' available in your .profile to the script that is run

Code:
# !/usr/bin/ksh

. $HOME/.profile

<check_with_your_alias>
<ideally_should_work>

exit 0

# 3  
Old 01-11-2006
Thanks for that but my question is can we use the aliased commands in our script... for example

in $HOME/.bashrc it is defined as

alias h='history'

and in one of the shell scripts if "h" is used, it is an error.. is there any way to use aliased commands in our scripts or it is not possible at all...
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Old 01-11-2006
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Last edited by mahendramahendr; 01-12-2006 at 02:20 PM..
# 5  
Old 01-11-2006
Now i will explain u in detail..

in my .bashrc i alised getip1, getip2, getip3 and my script is simple command

getip$*

save with name "getip".

when i run the script as getip 1 2 3 expected output is it has to run getip1, getip2 and getip3 but error is "getip1: command not found" ..

After ur suggestion i changed the script to

. $HOME/.bashrc
getip$*

even then same error.. do needful...ok
# 6  
Old 01-11-2006
include the line #!/usr/bin/ksh as your first line in the script, it will work
# 7  
Old 01-11-2006
even now it is not working...
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