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rated 0 times [ 5] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2581 / 3 Years ago, tue, august 17, 2021, 4:22:14

I want to create an alias for grep like this:

grep argX ~/myfile

where argX is a parameter and myfile is always the same. How can I do this?

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answered 3 Years ago fulild · Accepted Answer

Alias don't supports parameter but you can write a small script and name it i.e. "filegrep"

#!/bin/bash

grep "$1" /home/youruser/myfile

Copy the script to /usr/bin and you can run it with filegrep argX in the console.