Andrew Lowe <a...@wht.com.au> wrote:
> The first thing that comes to mind is an alias. Just off the top of my
> head I tried:
>
> alias "npp=npp %1 &"
>
> npp being the editor, but that didn't work. Is an alias the best/easiest
> way to do this and if so, what would the syntax be, or is there a better
> way?
Looks like something that will not work as %1 is not understood except by the
jobcontrol commands.
It may be an attempt to write a parameterizable alias....
AFAIK, bash does not support parameterized macros.
Jörg
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