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From: ssl@ptsfa.UUCP (Sam Lok)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Korn Shell
Message-ID: <2181@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 12:30:48 EST
Article-I.D.: ptsfa.2181
Posted: Tue Mar 10 12:30:48 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Mar-87 04:04:23 EST
References: <577@csun.UUCP> <14672@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: ssl@ptsfa.UUCP (Sam Lok)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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Keywords: alias parameters

In article <14672@sun.uucp> guy@sun.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
>>Is there a way to pass parameters into aliases in Korn Shell?  That is, in
>>Berkely, I would use something on the order of '!*';
>>is there something equivalent for ksh?
>The C shell uses aliases both to perform command aliasing and to
>provide "built-in" shell scripts.  The Bourne and Korn shells use
>"shell functions" to do the latter.

Ksh support both alias and function. To answer the original question,
the answer is 'yes', try '$*' or '$@'.


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