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In article <l5n3efINN3g7@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> opensys@sunvi.Eng.Sun.COM (Anil Visariya) writes:
"
"Using ksh, how can one alias "cd" to change directory as well as
"to set PS1 to $PWD.
"
"I tried:
"alias cd="cd; PS1=$PWD" 
"but didn't work.

don't bother with an alias.  i do
export UNAME=$(uname -n) LOGNAME=$(logname) PS1='$UNAME ~$LOGNAME ${PWD##*/}/ '
in my .profile.  note the SINGLE quotes.
it may seem roundabout, but it's efficient.  you probably don't need
uname or logname, but at one time i had logins on 13 machines, some
as different user ids!  the pwd stuff gives just the current directory,
not the whole path.

"Also I frequently use "ls" command as follow:
"ls -la *mystring*
"to get list of files whose name contain 'mystring' in its name.
"How can I create an alias for the same?
"
"I tried: 
"alias llnew="ls -la '*'\!*'*' "
"but didn't work.

alias myls='ls -la *mystring*'
single quotes again.

"Any help?
"thanks

in general: double quoted stuff is evaluated at alias creation, single
quoted stuff at alias execution.

"Anil 


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