setting an alias in .cshrc with parentheses in it ...

From: Joe Schmoe (non_secure_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/08/05

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    Hello,

    I often run this command:

    lynx -useragent "blah blah (compatible; MSIE blah
    blah)"

    Note that the custom referrer string that I set
    includes parentheses.

    So, to save time, I added this line to my .cshrc:

    alias lynx lynx -useragent "blah blah (compatible;
    MSIE blah blah)"

    However, when I run lynx, I get this error:

    Badly placed ()'s

    If I escape the parentheses with a backslash in
    .cshrc, it also doesn't work - it splits the line up
    and lynx thinks that the next command line argument
    begins where the first backslash is inserted.

    So how do I include a command alias that contains
    parentheses into .cshrc ?

    thanks.

                    
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