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hey, off topic but can you explain or link a post which explains what the benefits of the alias -> function definition are over just defining the function direc

• prmoustache 4y ago
  I am puzzled as well, why not define the function and call it wiki?
  • capitainenemo 4y ago
    I'm just used to keeping all my aliases together for easy location with alias command and I like having ones with arguments with the others. Aside from that, no benefit really that I can think of. So yes, to be clear to anyone else you can just put: wiki(){ w3m -F "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=${1}&title=Special:Search&ns0=1"; } in your .bashrc - and if you're me you just forget how you defined it and you have to cat it every once in a while :) Oh, and you might be entertained by this silly alias adapted from an IOCC entry... $ cstdin printf("Hello World\n"); Hello World alias cstdin='gcc -pedantic -ansi -Wall -o ~/.stdin ~/.stdin.c -lm && ~/.stdin' $ cat ~/.stdin.cc #include <stdio.h> <snip many headers> int main(int argc, char **argv) { #include </dev/tty> return 0; } I'm sure it would also make way more sense as a dedicated script. I have a C++ one in there too.
    • Bayes7 4y ago
      ah I see, cool thanks!