Up until now I have only used database.yml with each parameter called out explicitly, in the file below it uses some characters I do not understand. What does each line and symbol(&, *, <<) mean? How do I read this file? development: &default adapter: postgresql database: dev_development test: &test <<: *default database: test_test cucumber: <<: … Read more
I am trying to create an alias that uses both multiple Git commands and positional parameters. There are Stackoverflow pages for each, and it would appear painfully obvious to do both, but I am having trouble. As an example, I want to switch to branch foo and perform a status. So in my .gitconfig, I … Read more
I have a very basic UPDATE SQL – UPDATE HOLD_TABLE Q SET Q.TITLE = ‘TEST’ WHERE Q.ID = 101; This query runs fine in Oracle, Derby, MySQL – but it fails in SQL server 2008 with following error: “Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near ‘Q’.” If I remove all occurrences … Read more
Example (note the case): string s = “Hello world!”; String s = “Hello world!”; What are the guidelines for the use of each? And what are the differences? 63 Answers 63 string is an alias in C# for System.String. So technically, there is no difference. It’s like int vs. System.Int32. As far as guidelines, it’s … Read more
In this particular case, I’d like to add a confirm in Bash for Are you sure? [Y/n] for Mercurial’s hg push ssh://[email protected]//somepath/morepath, which is actually an alias. Is there a standard command that can be added to the alias to achieve it? The reason is that hg push and hg out can sound similar and … Read more
I have a shell script which I want to run without using the “sh” or “bash” commands. For example: Instead of: sh script.sh I want to use: script.sh How can I do this? P.S. (i) I don’t use shell script much and I tried reading about aliases, but I did not understand how to use … Read more
Basically I’m trying to alias: git files 9fa3 …to execute the command: git diff –name-status 9fa3^ 9fa3 but git doesn’t appear to pass positional parameters to the alias command. I have tried: [alias] files = “!git diff –name-status $1^ $1” files = “!git diff –name-status {1}^ {1}” …and a few others but those didn’t work. … Read more
This question already has answers here: Make a Bash alias that takes a parameter? (24 answers) Closed 1 year ago. The community reviewed whether to reopen this question 2 months ago and left it closed: Original close reason(s) were not resolved How do I pass the command line arguments to an alias? Here is a … Read more
I found a blog post on alias vs. alias_method. As shown in the example given in that blog post, I simply want to alias a method to another within the same class. Which should I use? I always see alias used, but someone told me alias_method is better. Usage of alias class User def full_name … Read more
I have added notepad++.exe to my Path in Environment variables. Now in command prompt, notepad++.exe filename.txt opens the filename.txt. But I want to do just np filename.txt to open the file. I tried using DOSKEY np=notepad++. But it is just bringing to the forefront an already opened notepad++ without opening the file. How can I … Read more