Marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> : cat test.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> function foo
> {
> shopt -s expand_aliases
> alias ls='ls -l'
> ls /
> }
>From the manual:
Aliases are expanded when a function definition is read, not when the
function is executed, because a function definition is itself a
compound command.
Andreas.
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