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> How do you get, in an alias, the rest of the command line expanded?
> If I write
> 	alias xx='echo abc 777 def'
> and
> 	xx this is fun
> should print
> 	abc this is fun def
>
> What do I need to write instead of the '777'? Could not find
> anything in the documentation. It's a bug in that it's not documented .......

You cannot do what you want with aliases.  What you want to use
are shell functions:

xx()
{
	echo abc $@ def
}

As for it being documented, this text appears in the bash-1.12
manual page, section ALIASES:

	There is no mechanism for using arguments in the
	replacement text, a la csh.  If arguments are needed,
	a shell function should be used.

Chet



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