@bdunbar @random_eddie are you a bash wizard?
In csh I used to use
alias dcc 'echo "\!*" | dc '
on cmd line:
dcc 2 2 + p
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Replying to @MorlockP
@bdunbar@random_eddie in bash or - and here's the tricky bit - dcc 5 5 * p See that *? should not do filename match!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@bdunbar@random_eddie so, anyway, in bash there's some way to turn wildcard expansion on and off (forget details) and I TRIED it. But1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@bdunbar@random_eddie I want to surpress it JUST for this one alias. I think I did that in csh by using the quotation marks.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@bdunbar@random_eddie switched from csh to bash ~3 yrs ago because I use Ruby, Ruby wants rvm, rvm wants bash. Dearly miss my 'dcc' alias.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cwage
@cwage@random_eddie actually, wait, eddie's solution doesn't help: I *STILL* want to have "*" on cmd line...and can't!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@random_eddie @cwage but the SHELL will glob before Ruby even sees its ARG variable, right?
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