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Re: Aliases with `-'



On 2010-05-06 19:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> I would like to define an alias with some `-' characters into it, in my
> .bashrc. For example, if `this-is-my-alias' is my alias, I would use
>
> ==
> alias 'this-is-my-alias'='some command to achieve'
> ==
>
> It simply does not work. Why?

Don't know -- it works for me in bash 4.1.5(1)-release.

> I tried without `'' but emacs then stops
> highlighting the word, which is no good sign.

Syntax highlighting in Emacs' shell-script-mode leaves much to be
desired, so this is not really a bad sign.  Does it work if you leave
out the apostrophes?

Sven


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