On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:19:36 +0000 Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net> wrote: > alias echoerr='echo $* >&2' > > doesn't quite work. The idea is that the '$*' should represent the > arguments to'echoerr' The problem here is that because you have enclosed the alias in '''''', the $* is not being interpreted. Hamster