In article <1436 at caslon.cs.arizona.edu> jaw at cs.arizona.edu (Jim Wilson) writes: :How can I write a csh alias that will pre-pend a path to a command-line :file name? : :Example: : alias oldnews 'elm -f ~/.News/<here is where I'm lost>' The missing magic is: alias oldnews 'elm -f ~/.News/\!^' ==== Mike O'Connor (mjo at ais.org)