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awk alias is not working 1
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put it in a script and alias that script
[tt]alias t=/path/to/topawkscript[/tt]
otherwise you'll have some difficulty hiding or escaping the different shell metacharacters
[tt]alias t="top -l 1 | awk '/ ... /\{print \"Used: \" \$8 ... \}'"[/tt]
HTH,
p5wizard
[tt]alias t=/path/to/topawkscript[/tt]
otherwise you'll have some difficulty hiding or escaping the different shell metacharacters
[tt]alias t="top -l 1 | awk '/ ... /\{print \"Used: \" \$8 ... \}'"[/tt]
HTH,
p5wizard
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Hi
Why an alias and not a shell function ?
You can put its definition in your ~/.bashrc and you can invoke it with just its name.
Feherke.
Why an alias and not a shell function ?
Code:
[COLOR=darkgoldenrod]function t()[/color] { top -l [purple]1[/purple] [teal]|[/teal] awk [green][i]'/PhysMem/ {print "Used: " $8 " Free: " $10}'[/i][/green]?[teal];[/teal] }Feherke.
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