Re: Aliases in .bashrc

[trapstep <trapstep@gmx.net>]

Hi!
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> alias mcd='mount /dev/hdb /cdrom|cd /cdrom'
> 
Why do you use the pipe command?
Simply type somthing like:
alias mcd='mount /dev/hdb /cdrom ; cd /cdrom'
and, if your cdrom is mentioned in /etc/fstab, you do not need to specify
the device everytime you want to mount it but only 'mount /cdrom'  
> 
> This didn't work and I wonder if this is because aliases can only execute
> one bash command, or if I did something wrong.
>
You did sth. wrong :-) 
> 
> The solution, I guess, would be to write a shell script and make the
> alias point to that, but I think one line aliases are neater.
>
For a shell script, you would encounter the same prob if you use the
pipe-command.
  > 
> Hans</bigger></fontfamily>
> 
trapstep
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