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# 1  
Old 09-27-2012
MySQL use variable in alias
Hi Guys,


Code:
aliase uniq get ut=XXX anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid

I want to create aliase but i want xxx as variable.....

run like this
Code:
uniq ak123 
uniq ak324
uniq ak123

End of the story i want to use variable in aliase command
# 2  
Old 09-27-2012
Code:
alias u='uniq get $XXX anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid'

Code:
export XXX=something
u

I am assuming odd command you gave actually does what you want when $XXX turns into something more meaningful. "get" is not standard a UNIX command, for example.
# 3  
Old 09-27-2012
Thanks

But it is possible to run single line command like ..

>u somthing

So i can get out put of below command

uniq get $XXX anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid'

thanks
# 4  
Old 09-27-2012
What is your shell? in BASH or KSH you can do:

Code:
u () {
        uniq get "$1" anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid
}

u something

...except I have severe doubts that your command actually works in the first place. It looks bizarre.
# 5  
Old 09-27-2012
MySQL
Thanks

i thing your command is good for ksh ,

But i want to use alise like below

Code:
alias ky 'echo $\!:1'

When i runt in unix :-

Code:
ky Hello

Output

Code:
Hello

Now i want use that hello in my command
Code:
uniq get hello anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid

Thanks
# 6  
Old 09-27-2012
So you want it to print uniq get hello anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid ?

Code:
u () {
        printf "uniq get $1 anistr|availyStus|oratate|uniqueid"
}

u hello

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