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From: holtz@strawdog.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Holtz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ?: tcsh escape for retitling cmdtool
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Date: 3 Aug 90 17:40:41 GMT
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In article <615@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> holtz@strawdog.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Holtz) writes:
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>The following alias (for retitling a cmdtool or shelltool) works in csh
>but hangs tcsh when the alias is invoked:
>
>alias label 'echo -n "]l\!*\"'

postnews swallowed the escapes; I meant to say

alias label 'echo -n "^[]l\!*^[\"'

where ^[ means the escape character.


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Brian Holtz (holtz@netcord.Eng.Sun.COM)