On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:40:02 +0000, William Pursell wrote: >> An advanced bash alias expansion question -- >> How can I use my aliases or functions in my bash script? > >> PS. I even tried the following but it didn't work either: >> >> $ bash -O expand_aliases -c '. ~/.bashrc; (rd /tmp/ttt; alias rd; dt bin; >> type dt)' > > The point of my previous response, which I complete failed to > make (and in fact didn't realize until after I'd sent it...) > is that your .bashrc probably includes a line of the form: > [ -z "$PS1" ] && return > > So that the bashrc returns prior to defining any aliases. . .
OMG, that's EXACTLY the reason! NEARLY THREE YEARS[1] has the question been haunting me, and you solve it, by identifying my culprit line via looking through a crystal ball :-). Thanks a million William!!! [1] http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.shell/2005-06/0416.html -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
