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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Juri Mianovich <juri_mian@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   why can't I use $1 in .cshrc ?
Message-ID:  <510944.89845.qm@web45604.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

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I am trying to use this alias in my root .cshrc file:

grep $1 /some/file

but .cshrc _refuses_ to expand $1 as a proper variable (in this case, the first argument to the alias...)

I _think_ it's because $1 is being interpreted as a argument to csh _itself_ when it runs .cshrc ... but maybe I'm wrong.

Anyway, how to make it work ?

Thanks.


      




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