Matthias Klose wrote:
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> Subject:
> Bug#292751: "command -v" prints function names
> From:
> Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:
> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:00:35 +0100
> To:
> Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To:
> Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
> Package: bash
> Version: 3.0-5
> Severity: normal
>
> The following log shows that "command -v" prints the name of a shell
> function even though the man page says that shell functions are
> supposed to be excluded from the search.
The man page does not say that, though it's not obvious. Rather than
specify two different builtins, POSIX chose to standardize `command'
with two essentially independent modes. When used to run a command, it
skips shell function lookup. When invoked with `-v' or `-V', it behaves
like `type', and shell functions are included. If you look at the POSIX
description of `-v' and `-V', you'll see that shell functions are
explicitly included.
Chet
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