a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
>
> ...and have it work? Aliases don't support $1 or $@, do they?
>
See bash man-page:
There is no mechanism for using arguments in the replacement
text. If arguments are needed, a shell function should be
used (see FUNCTIONS below).
So something like
> techo () { echo this $1 and that ; }
should work as expected:
> techo xxx
this xxx and that
Regards,
Jörg-Volker.