alias issue

DoME69 · 01-22-2009, 05:52 AM

how can i use 2 words for alias

example
alias kuku kuak 'bla bla bla'

rizhun · 01-22-2009, 06:00 AM

DoME69,

I don't think that's possible, you may have to make do with an under-score -- kuku_kuak

wje_lq · 01-22-2009, 06:01 AM

In bash, you can't.

DoME69 · 01-22-2009, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wje_lq

In bash, you can't.

I`m using cshell.

rizhun · 01-22-2009, 06:23 AM

I don't think the shell is relevant.
*nix works with: <cmd> <args>
So, kuak is always going to be an argument.

You'll have to frig it, save the following as kuku:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

ARG=$1

[[ ${ARG} = "kuak" ]] && {
  /path/to/script/you/want/to/alias -options
}

Then make it executable:

Code:

$ chmod +x kuku

Then, as long as the dir its saved in is in your $PATH, you can run:

Code:

kuku kuak

NB: ^^ this is weird.

pixellany · 01-22-2009, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoME69

I`m using cshell.

I don't see how you could do this on any Unix-like system.

Suppose I type "pwd dog". since pwd does not take any arguments, "dog" is simply ignored. If I then enter "dog pwd", it tells me that "dog" is not a valid command.

I tried to create a two-word alias:

Code:

[mherring@Ath ~]$ alias one two="ls -l"
bash: alias: one: not found
[mherring@Ath ~]$ alias "one two"="ls -l"
bash: alias: `one two': invalid alias name
[mherring@Ath ~]$

In the first case, alias tries to print the existing value of the alias "one" which does not exist. It then correctly creates the alias "two".

In the second case, alias does the right thing and refuses to create the two-word alias.

So---try this on cshell and see if it's any different.

colucix · 01-22-2009, 09:37 AM

What the second word is intended to be? Please, can you provide a practical example of what do you want to achieve? In other words, why two separate words are a requirement and prevent the usage of the underscore instead of the blank space? If the second word is intended as an argument, I've already shown the usage of alias arguments in C-shell in your previous thread.

wje_lq · 01-22-2009, 11:16 AM

The paranoid in me is wondering whether the goal of the above thread is the same as the goal of this thread and the goal of this thread.

pixellany · 01-22-2009, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wje_lq

The paranoid in me is wondering whether the goal of the above thread is the same as the goal of this thread and the goal of this thread.

Perhaps DoME69 will share with us what the end goal is......