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kumar
Asked: 2010-10-01 23:31:33 +0800 CST

append & to the end of the particular command which I execute

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I wish to append & sign to the end of particular command (say tkdiff) whenenver I execute the command.

Please let me know what kind of alias / any other solution should I create in bashrc.

Thanks in advance.

Note: I may have few arguments to the command which i execute. & should come at the end so that I can execute in b/g and I can use the shell for any other purpose.

linux shell bourne-shell

2 Answers

  1. You can't do this with a simple alias because the shell interprets the $@ when you define the alias. I would do this with a function in my .bashrc

    tkdiff () { /usr/bin/tkdiff $@ & }
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  2. alias tkdiff='tkdiff &'

    then source the .bashrc file to have it re-read and try again

    edit: ok, I missed (or you added) the part about the extra arguments. You could try using $@ which is the variable holding the arguments list passed to the shell, but I have not tested this, sorry.

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