From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from primenet.com.au (ns1.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.2]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 2ea1711d for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 11:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12961 invoked by alias); 8 Aug 2019 11:48:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 24132 Received: (qmail 9399 invoked by uid 1010); 8 Aug 2019 11:48:10 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mailout2.w1.samsung.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.101.2/25531. spamassassin: 3.4.2. Clear:RC:0(210.118.77.12):SA:0(-7.0/5.0):. Processed in 1.895624 secs); 08 Aug 2019 11:48:10 -0000 X-Envelope-From: p.stephenson@samsung.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.samsung.com designates 210.118.77.12 as permitted sender) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mailout2.w1.samsung.com 20190808114732euoutp02004d5150fcef2664d8b7c2076d06346a~48BcsamOJ1498514985euoutp02Z DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=samsung.com; s=mail20170921; t=1565264852; bh=8VzpOiNPmdsCKeD2/nNf1EtUBjlh3gZFi/NCKGq/aYs=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=fzYFMkijSwRkpoOrb1Lp+JtnqVd4it52iVhhjrYK9AQQAFGJ+sCIaoA5PkRyCYqKf o13sI0t4AbNbU8wmfeHtQvvp6QEwSVxVFa82Q0lY5QzTkY+6iq+XjiGm1e5mox3wuP k5LlqE2t5BeMmuZf5/jC8tKzTcLEo4DxmlTcBkgI= X-AuditID: cbfec7f5-4f7ff70000001116-b8-5d4c0bd373ac Message-ID: <1565264849.4375.2.camel@samsung.com> Subject: Re: suffix alias where the app has a space in it From: Peter Stephenson To: Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:47:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrHIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsWy7djPc7qXuX1iDY7d0LPYcXIlowOjx6qD H5gCGKO4bFJSczLLUov07RK4MrZ1rmMsmMdacX7WY7YGxjaWLkZODgkBE4nVLyezdjFycQgJ rGCUeL/mEhOE08MksaTlOTuE080k0bxtAiNMy8N3c5ghEssZJY4u7GeDq9q1cwYLhHOaUWLR 1QdQznlGiW+PLjGD9PMKGEpMvLYcaBYHh7CApcSVqQkgYTag8NRNs8FWiAiISzyb+Q3sQhYB FYmmZddYQWxOgUCJ3us9zBBnaEhsuHmMCWKkoMTJmU/A6pkF5CWat84GO09C4DGbxLy5q8B2 SQi4SKw5mwnRKyzx6vgWdghbRuL/zvlMEPXtjBJrJr1mh3B6GCU2Hb0D9bS1RN/ti2CDmAU0 Jdbv0ocIO0osXPeHFWI+n8SNt4IQN/BJTNo2nRkizCvR0SYEUa0msaNpK9Q1MhJP1yhMYFSa heSBWUgemIWwagEj8ypG8dTS4tz01GLjvNRyveLE3OLSvHS95PzcTYzAVHD63/GvOxj3/Uk6 xCjAwajEw3vilHesEGtiWXFl7iFGCQ5mJRHee2WesUK8KYmVValF+fFFpTmpxYcYpTlYlMR5 qxkeRAsJpCeWpGanphakFsFkmTg4pRoYi/doTxJgNr+iwT3bbVqrRY74t5CJQVbVvKzHdLmt 9AVurI25N+X/neR8BT/tNc6f4w0VCrm53ihofWxfu4dDsW5jdtCqexOzDEMam9q2ZWxrPGKy O9vrVECUfhin2ce0nvCweQtP2Gh7FrBs3V5/caHP1rPMcx12fJhipLjSTTTJ6d2vUhslluKM REMt5qLiRAAPDvmhAQMAAA== X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmpkkeLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42I5/e/4Pd1L3D6xBpuPm1vsOLmS0YHRY9XB D0wBjFF6NkX5pSWpChn5xSW2StGGFkZ6hpYWekYmlnqGxuaxVkamSvp2NimpOZllqUX6dgl6 Gds61zEWzGOtOD/rMVsDYxtLFyMnh4SAicTDd3OYQWwhgaWMEkt3ckDEZSQ+XfnIDmELS/y5 1sXWxcgFVNPJJHHt4hVWCOc0o8SuzvfsEM55RomTR7cwgrTwChhKTLy2HMjm4BAWsJS4MjUB JMwGFJ66aTZYiYiAuMSzmd/ArmARUJFoWnaNFcTmFAiU6L3ewwwxE+iiFc3zwIqYBTQlWrf/ hjpJQ2LDzWNMELsEJU7OfAJVIy/RvHU28wRGoVlIWmYhKZuFpGwBI/MqRpHU0uLc9NxiI73i xNzi0rx0veT83E2MwODfduznlh2MXe+CDzEKcDAq8fAWnPCOFWJNLCuuzD3EKMHBrCTCe6/M M1aINyWxsiq1KD++qDQntfgQoynQRxOZpUST84GRmVcSb2hqaG5haWhubG5sZqEkztshcDBG SCA9sSQ1OzW1ILUIpo+Jg1OqgdFBKVh5h1YII+OMI7NfnDi/YZfIkgN/NZo/yLe53Q1szlC7 +Yv1EtdsiSNer55e2bXJyFhj1r3ejtq7hxue//HSq7vcPjnRk1fXfrn2Zs8j8S/mfJaqNXRM VBYRDO1YsF0v53WK8dWSnA3i/03vWt05eklMzfAVh3ppwKnOPXNLrjSxrrbhblNiKc5INNRi LipOBABkGqJvlAIAAA== X-CMS-MailID: 20190808114731eucas1p1b08cb4e65300a218640daf8e37ea3126 X-Msg-Generator: CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-RootMTR: 20190808111626epcas1p28034457322a4f06a363aed6763a5b859 X-EPHeader: CA CMS-TYPE: 201P X-CMS-RootMailID: 20190808111626epcas1p28034457322a4f06a363aed6763a5b859 References: On Thu, 2019-08-08 at 07:14 -0400, TJ Luoma wrote: > I'm trying to use suffix aliases, but I ran into one issue I can't > figure out: What do I do when I want to assign "The Unarchiver" as an > app for archives such as .xz >  > alias -s  xz="the unarchiver" >  > But that tries to use 'the' to open 'xz' files. >  > Is there a way to encode a space in the app name? The thing to remember about aliases is they are expanded very early in the shell processing --- basically, replacement text is just dumped in as a raw string where it'll be picked up exactly as is.  So simply adding a backslash works. alias -s xz='the\ unarchiver' pws