UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,
I have setup my .profile with some helpful aliases and some set commands in it.
I have it as:

Code:

alias gr='autorep -G'
alias c='clear'
alias x='exit'
alias wcl='wc -l'
alias l1='ls -1 "$@"'
alias ll='ls -l "$@"'
alias la='ls -altr "$@"'
alias l='ls -ltr "$@"'
alias ml='m_ls -ltr "$@"'  
stty erase ^?
set showmode
set noai

I am having issues running the aliases shown in red. Others work fine.
Also, the aliases work fine if I remove the set commands.

The error iam getting is:

Code:

$>la
noai: No such file or directory

Please note that "la" is alias for --> ls -altr "$@".

Is it because i am setting up the modes in .profile.
Can anybody throw some light on this.

Thanks

‘$@' means all position parameters, which include noai.

Code:

alias l1='ls -1'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias la='ls -altr'
alias l='ls -ltr'
alias ml='m_ls -ltr'

Thanks Vistastar and ctsgnb, that trick works, but is there a work around for this without removing the "$@" from my aliases.

Why do you want to keep these $@ ?

In which case would you need $@ in you alias that cannot already be handled by the others (those without this $@) ?

You can't pass arguments into an alias (not in bash, ksh at least). If you need to put these args at the end, then just omit them as ctsgnb pointed out. If you do need to pass arguments into the middle of your command line, make it a function instead of an alias.