>     $ clearenv() { env - sh -c "$*"; }        # cheap and nasty to illustrate

Hmm, my point was as clear as mud there.  I was trying to show that "env -"
performs a useful function, but a program which performs this function has
no need to duplicate the shell's ability to _assign_ environment variables.

                Cheers,

                Mark.

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"Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich."       Mark Valentine uses
"We're kind of stupid that way."   *munch* *munch*        and endorses FreeBSD
  -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>                  <http://www.freebsd.org>

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