Re: execution hook

[eneville_]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> 
> eneville_ wrote:
>> I was looking for a way to run a program prior to bash executing the
>> program. Does anyone know of a hook that can do this, such as an
>> environment
>> that hold this hook value.
> 
> Look at the documentation for BASH_ENV in the bash manual.
> 
>        When  bash  is  started  non-interactively,  to run a shell script,
> for
>        example, it looks for the variable BASH_ENV in the environment,
> expands
>        its  value if it appears there, and uses the expanded value as the
> name
>        of a file to read and execute.  Bash behaves as if the  following 
> com-
>        mand were executed:
>               if [ -n "$BASH_ENV" ]; then . "$BASH_ENV"; fi
>        but  the  value of the PATH variable is not used to search for the
> file
>        name.
> 
> Bob
> 

Thanks. But this isn't having the effect that I wished for.

What I'm hoping to achieve is to have bash run something like a wrapper
around each and every command line that I run.

For example, if I issue the command 'ls' I want bash to run something first,
with ls as the argument. Does that make more sense?





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