on Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:57:17PM -0500, Bob Tilley (AT&T) insinuated:
> I wish to use the expression "catl <filename>" to execute the
> commands "cat <filename> | less".
>
> Is it possible to use 'alias' in the definition?
>
> "alias catl='cat $0 | less'" seems like a good idea, but I don't
> know if the '$0' works in a simple alias.
why don't you just use "less filename"?
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