Paul Goyette wrote: > In my case, I have a shell alias for > > alias diff "diff -u" > > 'cuz most of the time I want a -u output. But once in a blue moon (or > perhaps > once in a blue+super moon) I want a -y (side-by-side) output; it's a real > pain > to have to bypass the alias by specifying a complete path to /usr/bin/diff
Not really addressing your original question, but is using \diff an option for those times you want to use -y? Most shells allow you to put a \ in front of an alias to bypass the alias. At least it means you don't have to remember where diff lives and resort using the full path. Cheers, Simon.
