Re: How to get argv[0] in alias for bashrc

veg_all@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
any clues how i can get alias to accept the ARGV[0] which is the first
command line argument:

# .bashrc

alias transfer='wget "http://www.$ARGV[0]/temp/transfer.gz";';

When I run it I get:

--22:03:20-- http://www.%5C044argv%5B0%5D/temp/transfer.gz
=> `transfer.gz'
Resolving www.\044argv[0]... failed: Name or service not known.

Under bash, you may want to use function instead of alias to take
arguments..

transfer()
{
wget "http://www.${1?usage: transfer arg0}/temp/transfer.gz"
}

Xicheng

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