Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:57:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: setting an alias in .cshrc with parentheses in it ... Message-ID: <20050408035743.84858.qmail@web53302.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello, I often run this command: lynx -useragent "blah blah (compatible; MSIE blah blah)" Note that the custom referrer string that I set includes parentheses. So, to save time, I added this line to my .cshrc: alias lynx lynx -useragent "blah blah (compatible; MSIE blah blah)" However, when I run lynx, I get this error: Badly placed ()'s If I escape the parentheses with a backslash in .cshrc, it also doesn't work - it splits the line up and lynx thinks that the next command line argument begins where the first backslash is inserted. So how do I include a command alias that contains parentheses into .cshrc ? thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
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