i'm trying to basically make a shortcut for krabby (see link) so i dont have to type <krabby name (pokemon name)> to see a specified pokemon. basically how can i make a script that passes the and to the output of what i type next?
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this sounds like something you can do by setting up a command alias as well:
alias [pokemon name] = '[command and options go here]'
i.e. alias update='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y'
or in your case: alias pikachu = 'krabby name pikachu'