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alias a=echo %*
It work.
>a 1 2 3
1 2 3
alias b=`for %f in (%*) echo %f`
It doesn't work.
>b 1 2 3
output nothing.
It work.
>a 1 2 3
1 2 3
alias b=`for %f in (%*) echo %f`
It doesn't work.
>b 1 2 3
output nothing.
Can alias pass parameters to for command?
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Charles Dye
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Try it with %$ instead of %*.
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Oh yes. It work. Thank you!
Charles Dye
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I'm not sure exactly what's going on here, but it has something to do with the parsing of parentheses:
But the help file only describes %$, not %*. I'm guessing %* is a spillover from batch files. If it works with aliases, it's only by accident. Anyway, that's my guess.
Code:
C:\>alias b=`echo ( %* )`
C:\>b foo bar fum
( ) foo bar fum
C:\>alias b=`echo ( %$ )`
C:\>b foo bar fum
( foo bar fum )
C:\>But the help file only describes %$, not %*. I'm guessing %* is a spillover from batch files. If it works with aliases, it's only by accident. Anyway, that's my guess.