csh cd alias: how to eliminate error when no parameter is supplied

Question

I am familiar with bash, but my works require csh. in my .cshrc, I created this alias:

alias cd 'cd \!:1; ls -l'

It works very well except for one case: when I cd without any parameter:

cd

In which case, I get the "Bad ! arg selector" error. How do I eliminate this error? I appreciate any help to overcome this problem. Thank you.

Answer 1

Instead of using \!:1 to select the first argument, use \!* to select all the arguments.

This works fine for there being no arguments. It will throw a wobbly if you provide more than one argument though.