On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Narendra Sisodiya > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is one the smallest trick > > > > ping() { > > if [ -z $1 ]; > > then > > /bin/ping google.com > > else > > /bin/ping $@ > > fi > > } > > But isn't it nice to see how to use ping if you don't pass an > argument? I would suggest adding a detailed explanation rather than > pinging google by default. > > SB > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > I think that's correct. In most cases, the guy who doesn't know how to use ping will just type ping and hope for some kind of explanation to appear. I guess everyone does this when they find out a new command line function but don't know how to use it. Even if it is convenient, it shouldn't go to the .bashrc of a distro- particularly when the distro is targeted at school-age children. -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech. student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
