How to set an alias on Ubuntu?

[lcs01]

I remembered that when I was using Solaris, I could create an alias like this:

% alias mygrep 'grep \!* myfile.txt'

I understand that I should use '=' while creating an alias on Ubuntu, e.g.

% alias ll='ls -l'

However, I don't understand why the following alias would not work:

% alias mygrep='grep \!* myfile.txt'

Could someone help? Many thanks!

 

[thedaver]

What symptom leads you to conclude that it doesn't work?

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[lcs01]

Thanks for your following up.

BTW, I am using bash.

Here are the squences (My linux prompt is "[{$process#}] =>"):

[1108] => [b]alias mygrep[/b]
alias mygrep='grep \!* myfile.txt'

[1109] => [b]cat myfile.txt[/b]
This is a test.
This is a test.
This is a test.
This is a test.

[1110] => [b]grep isis myfile.txt[/b] // Nothing is returned, which is supposed to be

[1111] => [b]mygrep isis[/b]
myfile.txt:1:This is a test.
myfile.txt:2:This is a test.
myfile.txt:3:This is a test.
myfile.txt:4:This is a test.
grep: isis: No such file or directory

[1112] => [b]grep is myfile.txt[/b] // All lines are returned, which is also expected
1:This is a test.
2:This is a test.
3:This is a test.
4:This is a test.

[1113] => [b]mygrep is[/b]
myfile.txt:1:This is a test.
myfile.txt:2:This is a test.
myfile.txt:3:This is a test.
myfile.txt:4:This is a test.
grep: is: No such file or directory