From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11540 invoked by alias); 8 Jun 2010 10:33:13 -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: X-Seq: 15102 Received: (qmail 13138 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2010 10:33:11 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at csr.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:32:36 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: from tcsh to zsh (alias) Message-ID: <20100608113236.5b6efc81@csr.com> In-Reply-To: <4C0E1A48.3010700@googlemail.com> References: <4C0E1A48.3010700@googlemail.com> Organization: Cambridge Silicon Radio X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.9; i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jun 2010 10:32:36.0350 (UTC) FILETIME=[E971E1E0:01CB06F5] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A_09_40_00 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.71.0.139 On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:24:08 +0200 Leander Jedamus wrote: > alias ssh="ssh $* ; cd ." > doesn't work as extpected. This needs to be a function since aliases don't take arguments (because functions are generally more powerful and replace many uses of aliases): ssh() { ssh "$@" cd . } See http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq02.html#l12 -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Member of the CSR plc group of companies. CSR plc registered in England and Wales, registered number 4187346, registered office Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom