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Alias command /and/ flags

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From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Alias command /and/ flags
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:31:59 +0100
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Let's imagine I want to alias the specific invocation of "cmd flag" with
"cmd2 flag2". Is it possible to alias commands with arguments (that is,
only in command position and *not* global replacements)?

I'm of course looking for an *exact* match of the positional parameters,
no more.

I can think of a way by defining a "cmd" function and do the checking on
the arguments myself, which is definitely more generalizable, although
seems a bit overkill for a simple scenario I had in mind.

Any reason:

  alias "cmd flag"="cmd2 flag2"

shouldn't work at least in principle?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Alias command /and/ flags
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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