On (13:18 19/05/06), David Woodfall <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> put forth the proposition: > alias `for entry in $(cat ~/.mutt/mailinglists); do echo $entry | awk -F@ > '{print $1 " <"$1"@"$2">"}'; done` > > This refuses to work. Any ideas? Ok it seems mutt sees alias command as literal and will generate this alias: 1 `for "cat ~/.mutt/mailinglists" <entryin$>;;, done -- Screw up your courage! You've screwed up everything else.