Insert a user defined variable in an alias in Bash
I would like to add an alias to a command in my .bashrc
file, as in this example:
alias take_row="cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'"
But I would like to specify the nrow
variable when I launch the command from the terminal. As an example:
take_row 1
--> the script takes the first row
take_row 20
--> the script takes the 20th row
How do I write inside the command something like <command> | <read nrow user input>
, etc.?
bash variable alias
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I would like to add an alias to a command in my .bashrc
file, as in this example:
alias take_row="cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'"
But I would like to specify the nrow
variable when I launch the command from the terminal. As an example:
take_row 1
--> the script takes the first row
take_row 20
--> the script takes the 20th row
How do I write inside the command something like <command> | <read nrow user input>
, etc.?
bash variable alias
add a comment |
I would like to add an alias to a command in my .bashrc
file, as in this example:
alias take_row="cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'"
But I would like to specify the nrow
variable when I launch the command from the terminal. As an example:
take_row 1
--> the script takes the first row
take_row 20
--> the script takes the 20th row
How do I write inside the command something like <command> | <read nrow user input>
, etc.?
bash variable alias
I would like to add an alias to a command in my .bashrc
file, as in this example:
alias take_row="cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'"
But I would like to specify the nrow
variable when I launch the command from the terminal. As an example:
take_row 1
--> the script takes the first row
take_row 20
--> the script takes the 20th row
How do I write inside the command something like <command> | <read nrow user input>
, etc.?
bash variable alias
bash variable alias
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Use a function instead of an alias, in which case you can refer to positional parameters such as $1
, etc.
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'
}
In this particular case, you can also address the useless use of cat:
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}' prova.csv_001.txt
}
1
Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
– ccc.nrc
10 hours ago
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Use a function instead of an alias, in which case you can refer to positional parameters such as $1
, etc.
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'
}
In this particular case, you can also address the useless use of cat:
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}' prova.csv_001.txt
}
1
Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
– ccc.nrc
10 hours ago
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Use a function instead of an alias, in which case you can refer to positional parameters such as $1
, etc.
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'
}
In this particular case, you can also address the useless use of cat:
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}' prova.csv_001.txt
}
1
Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
– ccc.nrc
10 hours ago
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Use a function instead of an alias, in which case you can refer to positional parameters such as $1
, etc.
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'
}
In this particular case, you can also address the useless use of cat:
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}' prova.csv_001.txt
}
Use a function instead of an alias, in which case you can refer to positional parameters such as $1
, etc.
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
cat prova.csv_001.txt | awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}'
}
In this particular case, you can also address the useless use of cat:
take_row () {
local nrow=$1
awk -v nrow="${nrow}" '{if (NR==nrow) print}' prova.csv_001.txt
}
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