How to write an alias in csh/tcsh that can write one file with shebang?

I want to write one script with my alias but not able to add bang line in my script with echo command. I tried these ways:

alias wnc 'echo "#!/bin/csh " > cshCMD.csh; echo "ncl" >> cshCMD.csh; chmod +x cshCMD.csh; '

alias wnc "echo '#!/bin/csh ' > cshCMD.csh; echo 'ncl' >> cshCMD.csh; chmod +x cshCMD.csh;"

If I run these lines without alias then they work for me.

echo "#!/bin/csh " > cshCMD.csh; echo "ncl" >> cshCMD.csh; chmod +x cshCMD.csh;

With direct typing and using command I’ll get data in file cshCMD.csh as:

#!/bin/csh
ncl

while when I use alias on command line as

wnc

I got this message :

/bin/csh: Event not found

Answer

You need a ! in the expansion of your alias, so you must use \! when defining it. The first backslash disappears during processing of the alias-defining command and the second one protects the ! when the alias runs.

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