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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
References: <200311141812.hAEICkF03693@plg2.math.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [9fans] v8 shell
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:12:05 +0100
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> > $ ls() {
> > builtin ls "$@" | cat
> > }
> > $ ls
> > -bash: builtin: ls: not a shell builtin
> > $
>
> Try using "command" instead of "builtin".

that is not how builtin works.  builtin works like this:

    cd()
    {
        builtin cd $1 && PS1="`pwd` % "
    }

now 'command' that is an impressive piece of logic.