bash alias issue

[Kiehlster]

I'm trying to set up an alias for bash that runs a second command after doing an 'ls -la /path/to/folder'. I have my alias set up like so:

alias ll='ls -la ${1}; count ${1}'

I find that no matter what I do here, it always lists the current directory instead of the alternative directory when it exists. So when I run 'll' it' lists the files in the pwd and count information from the alternative directory. When I use the following alias, the directory lists correctly:

alias ll='ls -la ${1}'

In this case it lists the correct directory, but no matter what I do, I can't seem to get the second command to run without screwing up the listing. Is this a bash scripting bug? or is it something I'm just missing?

Steve Kiehl
Web Page Designer - Nanovox Productions
Fantasy Artist - Zeadi

 

[PHV]

Why not create a function instead of an alias ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Kiehlster]

Didn't think of that. But that does require me to remove some of the system-wide default scripts rather than simply replacing the ll alias for the current user.

Using a function seems to work fine though. However, do you think there's a solution using an alias that will do the same?

Steve Kiehl
Web Page Designer - Nanovox Productions
Fantasy Artist - Zeadi