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Article #722Request for enhancement
From: Brian Fox
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 23:25
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 23:25
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Date: 14 Nov 89 15:32:32 GMT
From: samsung!rex!ukma!cwjcc!cwns1!chet@uakari.primate.wisc.edu (Chet Ramey)
>I believe it would be useful to add the following construct to bash shell
>functions, similar in spirit to 'builtin': 'external'.
>The syntax is just like builtin, i.e:
>
>function ls () {
> external ls -FC $*
>}
Bash will have a "command" builtin in 1.05. "command" is useful for
builtins or disk commands. It means to ignore aliases and functions
when searching for the command.
Brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!AUREL.CNS.CALTECH.EDU!bfox From: bfox@AUREL.CNS.CALTECH.EDU (Brian Fox) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Request for enhancement Message-ID: <8911142325.AA01114@aurel.cns.caltech.edu.> Date: 14 Nov 89 23:25:28 GMT References: <891@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: bfox@aurel.cns.caltech.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 16