Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:35:03 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adding an alias to .cshrc Message-ID: <20091230153503.GB18368@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4B3AA7D7.6090505@ibctech.ca> References: <4B3AA3CD.3020709@ibctech.ca> <4ad871310912291656n24acc27dn5f80ce78fb22825c@mail.gmail.com> <4B3AA7D7.6090505@ibctech.ca>
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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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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