[sclug] script or alias to page directory listings

John Stumbles john at stumbles.org.uk
Mon Sep 5 13:56:47 UTC 2005


David Given wrote:
> Use "$@":
> 
> myls() {
>   ls "$@" | more
> }
> 
> It's a special, magic, l33t monkey ninja special case shell expansion that's 
> equivalent to "$1" "$2" ..., and if there aren't any arguments it expands 
> into nothing.

l33t, n33t, sw33t! :-)

> There's no reason at all why you should know this unless you've spent far too 
> much type groping through the sh man page. sh annoys me.

J.Mann wrote:

 >>From the bash man page:
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I know: I should have RTFM! ;-)



Anyway thanks: that works a treat.

-- 
John Stumbles


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