Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:57:17PM -0500, Bob Tilley (AT&T) insinuated: >> I wish to use the expression "catl <filename>" to execute the >> commands "cat <filename> | less". >> >> Is it possible to use 'alias' in the definition? >> >> "alias catl='cat $0 | less'" seems like a good idea, but I don't >> know if the '$0' works in a simple alias. > > why don't you just use "less filename"?
Maybe he actually wants to concatenate the files, rather than see them one at a time, which is what less(1) does. Though $0 still wont work, since that is the name of the script. You might want to do a function and use $* or $@ (depending on what shell is used). I would just type cat whatever|less. It's not that much typing. -- Björn Lindström <[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
