On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, William Lindley wrote:
> On 4 Dec 2002, Craig White wrote:
> > why not just alias it
>
> how do i make an alias so the command:
>
> $ less foo.html
>
> becomes
>
> $ less foo.html:
>
I can't provide an alias, but the following
shell script may work okay with Bourne compatible
shells. Let's call the command myless.
# begin bourne shell script
files=""
suffix=""
for fname in $* ; do
if test -f $fname ; then
suffix=":"
else
suffix=""
fi
files="$files$fname$suffix "
done
less $files
exit $?
# end shell script
G.D.Thurman [CS/CIS Instructor]
Scottsdale Community College
480.423.6110
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