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Re: Echo? What echo? Korn shell 88

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From: Jim Burns
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 1990 13:32
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in article <90292.140155FISH@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, FISH@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK says:

> alias -x echo /bin/echo dosen't work and gives an error

It will if you include the '=':

alias -x echo=/bin/echo
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From: gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Burns)
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Subject: Re: Echo? What echo? Korn shell 88
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