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Old 04-14-2010
alias issue
hi guys

I am trying to alias this

Code:
[root@xxxxxx~]# df -h | grep -vE 'boot|dev'
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                      114G  1.5G  107G   2% /
                      2.9G   69M  2.7G   3% /home
                      4.8G  138M  4.4G   4% /tmp
                      4.8G  1.7G  2.9G  37% /usr
                      2.9G  726M  2.0G  27% /var



the nornal command is with single quote but as soon as I use the single quote that alias requires it won't work

Code:
[root@xxxxxx ~]# alias disk1='df -h | grep -vE 'boot|dev''
-bash: dev: command not found

any idea how to fix that?

thanks a lot
# 2  
Old 04-14-2010
Hi.

Simplest would be to use double quotes around your grep command:

Code:
alias disk1='df -h | grep -vE "boot|dev"'

(or put your alias in double quotes)
Code:
alias disk1="df -h | grep -vE 'boot|dev'"

# 3  
Old 04-14-2010
Code:
alias disk1='df -h | grep -vE "boot|dev"'

# 4  
Old 04-14-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
alias disk1='df -h | grep -vE "boot|dev"'

no way I thought I tried " " mmm aybe not

thanks a lot Smilie

---------- Post updated at 06:52 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:45 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
Hi.

Simplest would be to use double quotes around your grep command:

Code:
alias disk1='df -h | grep -vE "boot|dev"'

(or put your alias in double quotes)
Code:
alias disk1="df -h | grep -vE 'boot|dev'"

thanks a lot guys
 
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