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How to pass parameters to an alias?
For bash script, I can use "$@" to access arguments. What's the equivalent when I use an alias?
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How do ${0##*/} and ${0%/*} work?
I'm quite confused about the following regular expressions I found in a shell script:
${0##*/}
${0%/*}
How do they work?
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Is it possible to use a parameter within an alias command [duplicate]
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How to pass parameters to an alias?
As answered in Can less retain colored output? I want to use git diff --color=always filename | less -r to get a colored output of my ...
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How to safely pass variables to root-enabled scripts?
This question is totally general and not only applicable to my situation, but... I have a small busybox appliance where I want a non-root user to be able to execute a particular script with root ...
