Re: feature-request: brief syntax for $(type -p somecommand)

[Matthew Woehlke]

Mike Coleman wrote:
It would be nice if there was some really brief syntax for
$(type -p somecommand)

p() {
  local what=$(type -p $1)
  shift 1
  "$@" "$what"
}

p foobar ls -l
p foobar strings
...etc

also, 'complete -c p'

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