On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 08:13:15AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 13:59:37 +0100, Roger Price wrote:
> > alias w3m='/usr/bin/w3m -no-cookie -o auto-image=TRUE '
>
> > w3m() { /usr/bin/w3m -no-cookie -o auto-image=TRUE $@ ; }
> >
> > and received the error message
> >
> > bash: .bashrc: line 86: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> > bash: .bashrc: line 86: `w3m() { /usr/bin/w3m -no-cookie -o
> > auto-image=TRUE $@ ; }'
>
> The problem is you *already* have the alias, and the alias gets expanded
> when you try to define the function.D'oh. This actually only happens with aliases, you are right. In my other answer I posted some nonsense. Remember: in things shell (at least), if Greg says something and me something else, Greg is most probably right :-) Cheers -- t
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