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Old 07-11-2007
Question How to create a alias with an argument
If I want to create an alias called "cdr", and this alias need an argument (for example arg1)followed by "cdr", the result should go to the directory like "/home/ting/arg1/report/logs", the command should look like below,

alias cdr arg1 "cd /home/ting/\!$1/report/logs" (not working):Smilie

Anybody can tell me how to create this alias?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 07-11-2007
I assume you're using (t)csh? IN this case the following should work for you:

Code:
 
alias cdr 'cd /home/ting/\!*/report/logs'

 
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