Re: Command execution by creating file.

[Martin D Kealey]

The assertion "should just print the name of [the] file" is mistaken.

You seem to have conflated autocompletion (which occurs while typing,
usually in response to the TAB key, which is prior to parsing a command
which in turn is prior to invoking it) with filename generation (which
occurs as a late phase of command invocation).

A command consists of a number of words, any of which can be generated by
command completion; the first word is not special in this respect.

(What would be surprising is if an alias were expanded after filename
generation. I suspect your minimal proof case is incomplete.)

-Martin