Re: Fwd: Command execution by creating file.

[LitHack]

Sorry instead of alias we have to use the function.

Corrected command: mkdir dir;cd dir;<>file;file()bash;*

Thanks and regards.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 8:46 AM Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023, at 10:52 PM, LitHack wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: LitHack <lithack0@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 7:31 AM
> > Subject: Command execution by creating file.
> > To: <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
> >
> >
> > Special character '*' can be used to execute the command.
> > We have to just create a directory and make a file of any character or
> word
> > and then make alias of the command which we want to execute assigned with
> > created file. Now just type the * in terminal and you will that the
> command
> > be executed.
>
> This is not true.  Alias expansion occurs before filename expansion.
>
> > But why this happens, * (special character) is used for auto completion
> and
> > if used as alone it should just print the name of file why it's execute
> the
> > file name as command.
>
> This is not true either.  What makes you think that it should "just
> print the name of file"?
>
> > Command:mkdir dir;cd dir:<>file;alias file=ls -l;*
>
> Did you actually run these commands?  They don't agree with you.
>
>         bash-5.2$ mkdir dir
>         bash-5.2$ cd dir
>         bash-5.2$ <> file
>         bash-5.2$ alias file='ls -l'
>         bash-5.2$ *
>         Usage: file [bcCdEhikLlNnprsvzZ0] [-e test] [-f namefile] [-F
> separator] [-m magicfiles] [-M magicfiles] file...
>                file -C -m magicfiles
>         Try `file --help' for more information.
>
> --
> vq
>