pass command line arguement to alias

[Kevin Schnitzius]

function ne
{
    textpad $* 
}

Kevin

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	JROZYCKI@ebmail.gdeb.com [ mailto:JROZYCKI@ebmail.gdeb.com ] 
Sent:	Thursday, May 17, 2001 13:47
To:	cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject:	pass command line arguement to alias

I have an alias that starts an NT executable.  I'd like to pass an argument
to this executable in a bash?

I was trying:
alias ne="textpad $1 &"

but it thinks the argument is another command and tries to execute it.



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