Create alias that can interact with arguments [duplicate]

Question

My ultimate goal is to simplify routine task of compilation and run.

Now I've following commands

 1. g++ foo.cpp -o foo --std=c++11 2. chmod foo +x #this may be overkill 3. ./foo

So, my question if this can be done like

compile foo

with alias or something like that

I've tried

alias compile='g++ $1.cpp -o $1 --std=c++11'

with no luck

Scyld de Fraud · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12 19:52:54Z

This is a job for a function not an alias. Example:

compile() { g++ $1.cpp -o $1 --std=c++11 chmod +x $1 ./$1 }

Voilà!

HTH, Cheers

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