On 3/14/17 12:56 PM, Pedro Gimeno wrote:
> When using the 'alias' command without parameters, or with the '-p'
> parameter, a list of aliases is displayed. This list has the form:
>
> alias name='value'
>
> 'help alias' states that this form is 'reusable', thus implying, if I
> understand it correctly, that it can be fed back to bash.
>
> But that's not always the case. I have an alias called '-' that resolves to
> 'cd -'. This alias needs to be entered as follows:
>
> alias -- -='cd -'
>
> However, it is output by the 'alias' command as:
>
> alias -='cd -'
This was changed in bash-4.4.
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