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Subject: Re: Simple csh question
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Date: 10 Mar 89 03:24:22 GMT
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     In article <15510@cup.portal.com>, Scott Andrew Marr ask
         Could someone tell me why the following alias doesn't work:
                alias rm "mv $* /user/myname/dumpster"
         If I type 'rm specific_file_name' I get:
                mv: specific_file_name exists
         Or if I type 'rm *' I get:
                Usage: mv [-f] f1 ... fn d1
         Is this just a fluke for Domain IX (S.R. 9.7)?

The $* metacharacter is only valid in a Csh script.  The aliasing
mechanism does not substitite $* with the arguments you supplied.
You should use !* (in case my mailer maps these differently,
these 3 characters are <BACK-SLASH> <BANG> <STAR>).  The  is
to quote the !.

There is a pd program in comp.sources.unix called unrm.rm that does
what you have in mind.

fclim.  :-)

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