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alias again

navin — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:45:58 GMT

i have setup alias for a command. it works in comand line not script.could u please advice ....what could be the prob
thanks so much

Re: alias again

Torsten. — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:29 GMT

the answers still apply:

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1233036

Re: alias again

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:04:41 GMT

Hi Navin:

As Torsten notes, re-read your original post.

Be sure that you are sourcing (reading; not executing) your script. This works:

# cat ./myalias
#!/usr/bin/sh
alias say='echo'

# . ./myalias
# say hello
hello

Notice the dot; some whitespace; and then the name of the file to be sourced (read). The idea is not to create a new environment.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: alias again

Dennis Handly — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:21:45 GMT

You should consider not using aliases in scripts. Or if you do, define it in the same file.
I have defined ENV so that my .kshrc file is not available in my scripts, so they run faster.