same problem...  not on my terminal

bash-4.3$ x 1
PAR=1

but I must say you explained "the why" very well regards the initial empty parameter


On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> wrote:
Hello,

Philip Brown <philipbrown.es@gmail.com> writes:

> i think that is a feature of echo
> if you want without the space you could use printf
>
> alias x='printf "PAR=%s\n" $1'
same problem as with the initial question. What value does the $1 have?
It is empty. alias does not expect any parameters, if that might be the
idea behind $1.

Regards
hmw

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