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Re: Possible Bug in BASH
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Possible Bug in BASH |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:53:53 +0100 |
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Matthew Strax-Haber <strax-haber.m@neu.edu> writes:
> Perhaps it is not a bug, but if it is not then the documentation is
> inconsistent with the behavior.
There is no inconsistency. In the first example you define a function
with the name `clear', in the second example you define a function with
the name `c'. Surely they behave differently. Alias substitution is a
pure textual substution that changes the text to be parsed.
Andreas.
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