How to prevent $() from being executed prematurely when creating an alias

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I'm using Atom as a text editor, but don't like its fuzzy search, so I'm trying to configure an alternative. I found a nice command line fuzzy search (fzf) that works nicely like this:

atom $(fzf)

When I put this in my .bash_profile, like so :

alias atm="atom $(fzf)"

The fzf command runs prematurely, as soon as the .bash_profile is loaded. How can I defer the execution of fzf until I run the atm alias.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '16 at 05:06

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Use single quotes to prevent expansion at the time of assignment:

alias atm='atom $(fzf)'

answered Dec 04 '16 at 05:06

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How to prevent $() from being executed prematurely when creating an alias

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