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On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:13:34 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > It is difficult to say what is wrong with your alias |
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> > as you haven't shown it |
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> alias th='date -d @$1' |
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> was the first try, then adding '+' &/or '\' to escape '+' or '@'. |
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> I also tried a function along similar lines. |
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> > but my guess is that is is introducing a space |
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> > between @ and the timestamp, which gives exactly the error you get. |
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> No, no spaces. |
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You invoke it as 'alias argument', so there is a space between the alias |
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and the argument and this space is included when the alias is expanded. |
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Otherwise aliases like ll='ls -l' would not work as 'll /mnt' would be |
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expanded to 'ls -l/mnt'. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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