function ne
{
    textpad $* 
}

Kevin

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From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Thursday, May 17, 2001 13:47
To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:        pass command line arguement to alias

I have an alias that starts an NT executable.  I'd like to pass an argument
to this executable in a bash?

I was trying:
alias ne="textpad $1 &"

but it thinks the argument is another command and tries to execute it.



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