Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:14:12 +0100 From: Domagoj =?UTF-8?Q?Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87?= <rank1seeker@gmail.com> To: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [t]csh => Pass var containing multiline string to an alias Message-ID: <20200206191412.00001298@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202002061729.016HT411059139@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> References: <20200206175513.00006006@gmail.com> <202002061729.016HT411059139@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net>
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:29:03 +0000 Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> wrote: > Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87 <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > So far so good, now alias: > > Double quotes are mandatory, else all ends up at 1 line > > -- > > alias t_name "aa $t_var bb" > > -- > > Error: > > Unmatched '"'. > > =20 >=20 > I'm not able to test at the moment, but I think the :q operator > should work, to tell tcsh not to try and parse the results of the > variablle. >=20 > I.e. >=20 > try >=20 > alias t_name "aa $t_var:q bb" >=20 > Let me know if this works! >=20 > Cheers, Jamie Yep Jamie, It worked! With & without additional \ char in t_var. I wasn't even avare of :q operator. Thx! Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87
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