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How to set flag in bash function for setting aliases?

This is the command i want to execute

watchify files/[filename].js -t hbsfy -o out/[filename].js

i tried this

javascriptCompile() {
  foo="src/js/files/$1.js -t hbsfy -o src/js/out/$1.js"
    watchify "$foo"
}

alias jc=javascriptCompile
jc main

I get this error

You MUST specify an outfile with -o.

Solution

  • It needs to be an array:

    javascriptCompile () {
  foo=(src/js/files/"$1".js -t hbsfy -o src/js/out/"$1".js)
  watchify "${foo[@]}"
}
alias jc=javascriptCompile
jc main