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trouble porting csh alais


From: Larry Spitz
Subject: trouble porting csh alais
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:25:31 +1200
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The gnu.bash.bug newsgroup seems to be dormant and I can't find an answer to 
this one by google, so here goes.

When using csh I have an alias "alias v \!vi"
This allows me to re-edit the same file I last edited by just typing "v"

I tried recasting this for bash without success.

I have read the relevant parts of the "Learning the bash shell" book by Newham 
and Rosenblatt. No help.

 I then found a reference to aliasconv.sh and used it. The result was "v () { 
command !vi ; }". This also does not work. I get:
[spitz@roscoe spitz]$ v
bash: !vi: command not found

I have tried encasing the !vi in single quotes, double quotes, prepending a \, 
all without success.

Any help would be appreciated.

Larry Spitz
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