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Old 09-11-2008, 01:38 AM   #1
norto
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Question Alias command assistance to simplify


Hoping someone could assist.
I'm hoping to simplify a command that we are using to sniff our network.
Command is
java PacketReporter trace.n 10:15 10:30 > filename

trace.n being a changing value and the times being a changing value.
How can I simplify this without typing the whole line while being able to enter the variables of the trace.n and times?
trace.n is a file with packet information.
 
Old 09-11-2008, 01:55 AM   #2
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Hoping someone could assist.
I'm hoping to simplify a command that we are using to sniff our network.
Command is
java PacketReporter trace.n 10:15 10:30 > filename

trace.n being a changing value and the times being a changing value.
How can I simplify this without typing the whole line while being able to enter the variables of the trace.n and times?
trace.n is a file with packet information.
This is more suitable for a function, in my opinion. In bash you could do

Code:
my_func () {
  java PacketReporter "$1" "$2" "$3" > filename
}
Put it in your ~/.bashrc and/or ~/.bash_profile, restart your bash session (i.e. exec bash) and now you should be able to just do

Code:
my_fync trace.n 10:15 10:30
 
  


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