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Subject: Re: Function or Alias - Does it matter?
From: James Pearson <pearson@changedmy.name>
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Functions can take arguments, which makes them more powerful for future
expansion. I forget if functions and aliases are treated the same by which
(as I recall zsh expands both of them).
On Nov 18, 2014 4:15 PM, "TJ Luoma" <luomat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any practical difference between making an alias or a
> function if they do the same thing?
>
> For example, these are (as far as I know) functionally identical:
>
>          function timestamp_r { strftime "%Y/%m/%d at %-I:%M:%S %p"
> "$EPOCHSECONDS" }
>
>          alias timestamp_r='strftime "%Y/%m/%d at %-I:%M:%S %p"
> "$EPOCHSECONDS"'
>
> Is there any reason to prefer one or the other?
>
> Tj
>

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