Re: tlug: Re: file counting

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> On 12-Oct-98 Hernando TANAKA wrote:
> > No, if you're using bash, you may not use argument substitution.
> > The reason why the "psg" sample;
> > 
> >> schweiz:~$ alias psg
> >> alias psg='ps -aux | grep  $1'
> >> schweiz:~$ psg schweiz
> >> schweiz    831  0.0  3.5   94  388 pp0 S    21:48   0:00 -bash
> > 
> > is working is because the $1 is the last argument,
> > which is usually unset in the interactive shell,
> > so it's neglected by bash.  I.e.,
> 
> I see. Thanks for the info. I guess I'll just stay with the shell script. (I
> learn something new every day on this list :)

me too :) .. nothing wrong with a good shell script in this case, however.
It would be even better if you could have find count the hits for you
without using a pipe..

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