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Re: What is the difference between a newline and a semi-colon?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: What is the difference between a newline and a semi-colon? |
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Fri, 30 May 2014 14:52:56 -0400 |
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On 5/30/14, 2:40 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Thanks, Eric & Chet. I hope nobody ever needs to load up a set of
>> aliases within a Makefile script.
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> A non-interactive shell does not have aliases.
Not by default, if it's named `bash'. However, since Posix specifies
alias expansion, a shell in posix mode performs alias expansion whether
it's interactive or not. You can also enable it with `shopt -s
expand_aliases'.
Chet
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