Problem with bash: alias command

[Philip Brown]

same problem...  not on my terminal

bash-4.3$ x 1
PAR=1

but I must say you explained "the why" very well regards the initial empty
parameter


On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Michael Welle <mwe012008 at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Philip Brown <philipbrown.es at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > i think that is a feature of echo
> > if you want without the space you could use printf
> >
> > alias x='printf "PAR=%s\n" $1'
> same problem as with the initial question. What value does the $1 have?
> It is empty. alias does not expect any parameters, if that might be the
> idea behind $1.
>
> Regards
> hmw
>
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