On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:13:34 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > > It is difficult to say what is wrong with your alias > > as you haven't shown it > > alias th='date -d @$1' > > was the first try, then adding '+' &/or '\' to escape '+' or '@'. > I also tried a function along similar lines. > > > but my guess is that is is introducing a space > > between @ and the timestamp, which gives exactly the error you get. > > No, no spaces.
You invoke it as 'alias argument', so there is a space between the alias and the argument and this space is included when the alias is expanded. Otherwise aliases like ll='ls -l' would not work as 'll /mnt' would be expanded to 'ls -l/mnt'. -- Neil Bothwick My brain's in gear, neutral's a gear ain't it?
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