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Re: 'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf'
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Greg Wooledge |
Subject: |
Re: 'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf' |
Date: |
Tue, 18 May 2021 07:43:42 -0400 |
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 04:00:10PM -0700, Carl Thompson wrote:
> Nevermind! I was misunderstanding what the 'command' builtin does!
For the archives: 'command' only suppresses functions. It doesn't
suppress shell builtins.
The typical use is when writing a wrapper function with the same name
as the command it's wrapping.
git() { LESS='-R -X' command git "$@"; }