Hot Keys

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

I am a new user, using Unix in a DOS window. Can I set up Hot Keys to run a script? Example - A12.1.13.15 aaaaBbbbCccc
Thank you,
cwtlr

2

What do you mean by using UNIX in a DOS window? Are you connecting to a shell with ssh or something like that?

I'm not sure I understand your example. You want to type in A12.1.13.15 and have it come out as aaaaBbbbCccc? Try

$ alias A12.1.13.15="echo 'Hello there'"
$ A12.1.13.15
Hello there
$
3

Thanks for your reply.
Many of the commands I use are preceeded with the same series of letter/number combinations. For example "P14.1.166.444 AaaaBbbbCccc". I'm looking for a hot key that I can replace that long letter/number preceeder with.
cwtlr

4

Again, alias can do what you want.

$ alias abc="P14.1.166.444"
$ abc ...
5

If you're looking for special key combinations to do that, that's not going to be in the shell, that'd be configured in whatever client program you use to connnect -- your "DOS window", which I'm assuming is actually an SSH window to UNIX. A DOS window would have DOS.

6

Thanks for the advise. I guess I don't understand how to use the alias. I'm in the Command Prompt window. I type alias, then a space, then the letter combination that I want to replace my long string with (example - pri=), then the string that I'm replacing, enter. After that, when I type pri it is the same thing as typing the long string that I was using. This doesn't work. Is there a space or other key I'm missing, or did I mis-understand your instruction?
Thanks.
cwtlr

7

Hi Dude!!!!!

Before doing that just check which shell r u using.
Alias command differs from shell to shell.
For Info check the man page.

man alias

Cheers
kishor

8

Thanks. I'll check.

9

I got the alias working. It was just a matter of being in the correct directory.
Thanks everyone.
cwtlr