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From: Wayne Davison <wayne@clari.net>
To: ZSH users mailing list <zsh-users@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: Command alias in non-command position
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 05:51:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199809011251.FAA13696@bebop.clari.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: schaefer's message of Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:36:27 -0700. <980826103628.ZM21060@candle.brasslantern.com>

"Bart Schaefer" wrote:
> Bruce Stephens wrote:
> } Could I define sudo somehow, to say that its first argument ought to
> } be expanded as if it were in the command position?
> 
> alias sudo='sudo '

Very nice.  There is a problem, however:

% alias cp='nocorrect cp'
% alias sudo='sudo '
% sudo cp foo bar
sudo: nocorrect: command not found

I assume there is a similar problem with the other pre-command
modifiers.

..wayne..


      parent reply	other threads:[~1998-09-01 13:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-08-26 15:42 Andrej Borsenkow
1998-08-26 16:35 ` Bruce Stephens
1998-08-26 17:01   ` Zefram
1998-08-26 17:13     ` Bruce Stephens
1998-08-26 17:26       ` Andrej Borsenkow
1998-08-26 17:49       ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-26 17:36   ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-27  1:51     ` 'man' completion Gossamer
1998-08-27  9:14       ` Bruce Stephens
1998-08-27 17:09         ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-28 16:42           ` Sven Guckes
1998-08-28 17:58             ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-30 17:03               ` maillist archive lacking search engine Sven Guckes
1998-09-01 12:51     ` Wayne Davison [this message]

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