From: utzoo!decvax!cca!HOLSTEGE@Cit-20@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: tops-20 style rename/copy Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3055 Posted: Wed Sep 1 19:43:02 1982 Received: Thu Sep 9 06:37:55 1982 Date: 27 Aug 1982 1625-PDT It is possible to get the unexpanded arguments to a command with the C shell. For example, if you wanted a tops-20 style rename, the alias alias rename renameprog \'\!:1\' \'\!:2\' would allow renameprog to get its two arguments without filename expansion (or variable expansion, if you want that, use double quotes instead of single quotes). Then rename *.c *.d can be made to do what it aught to. -------