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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:35:03 -0500
From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
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Subject: Re: Adding an alias to .cshrc
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:07:35PM -0500, Steve Bertrand wrote:

> Glen Barber wrote:
> > Hi Steve
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote:
> >> Hi all, happy holidays!
> >>
> >> I want to add an alias to my .cshrc file:
> >>
> >> alias srm   find . -name "*~" | xargs rm
> >>
> > 
> > Try enclosing it in quotes, such as:
> > 
> >    alias srm "find . -name \"*~\" | xargs rm"
> 
> This works. Instead of escaping, I just encapsulated within single-quotes:
> 
> acct-dev: ISP-RADIUS % grep srm /home/steve/.cshrc
> alias srm       '/usr/bin/find . -name "*~" | /usr/bin/xargs rm'

That is OK as long as you are not depending on shell expansion effects.

////jerry


> 
> Olivier:
> 
> I didn't test your theory, but thanks for the tip. I've just become
> accustomed over the years to use xargs when making bulk rm's ;)
> 
> Steve
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