Incorrect alias substitution
I get the following errors with bash 3.2.39 under Debian/unstable: bash -c 'alias a=echo OK 2 a /dev/null a' bash: line 1: a: command not found bash: line 2: a: command not found $ bash --posix bash-3.2$ alias a=echo OK 2 bash-3.2$ a OK bash-3.2$ /dev/null a bash: a: command not found bash-3.2$ ksh93 doesn't yield such errors. And concerning the last one, bash is the only shell I've found that yields such an error. -- Vincent Lefèvre vinc...@vinc17.org - Web: http://www.vinc17.org/ 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: http://www.vinc17.org/blog/ Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
Re: Incorrect alias substitution
Vincent Lefevre vinc...@vinc17.org wrote: I get the following errors with bash 3.2.39 under Debian/unstable: bash -c 'alias a=echo OK 2 a /dev/null a' bash: line 1: a: command not found bash: line 2: a: command not found aliases aren't expanded by a non-interactive bash by default. If you do shopt -s expand_aliases, then they'll be expanded. paul
Re: Incorrect alias substitution
On 2009-02-24 19:32:05 -0500, Paul Jarc wrote: Vincent Lefevre vinc...@vinc17.org wrote: I get the following errors with bash 3.2.39 under Debian/unstable: bash -c 'alias a=echo OK 2 a /dev/null a' bash: line 1: a: command not found bash: line 2: a: command not found aliases aren't expanded by a non-interactive bash by default. If you do shopt -s expand_aliases, then they'll be expanded. I can see that a is expanded if I use --posix. But /dev/null a is not expanded, while the other shells expand it. -- Vincent Lefèvre vinc...@vinc17.org - Web: http://www.vinc17.org/ 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: http://www.vinc17.org/blog/ Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
Re: Incorrect alias substitution
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 21:14:46 Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2009-02-24 19:32:05 -0500, Paul Jarc wrote: Vincent Lefevre vinc...@vinc17.org wrote: I get the following errors with bash 3.2.39 under Debian/unstable: bash -c 'alias a=echo OK 2 a /dev/null a' bash: line 1: a: command not found bash: line 2: a: command not found aliases aren't expanded by a non-interactive bash by default. If you do shopt -s expand_aliases, then they'll be expanded. I can see that a is expanded if I use --posix. But /dev/null a is not expanded, while the other shells expand it. same behavior can be seen when typing things manually in an interactive shell -mike signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
