* Vineet Kumar (debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net) [030125 23:30]: > * David Z Maze (dmaze@debian.org) [030125 20:14]: > > So while bash and zsh have aliases, you can't actually do much with > > them. > > come again? What would you like to do with them that you can't? Well, I just did a little reading of bash(1), and I see what you mean. > The shell function seems like overkill. I'd doubt that there's any > performance difference, but the alias is easier syntactically and > conceptually, for the newbie. ... so I recant this. The alias will work, but I suppose it's best to get in the habit of using shell functions instead. (Although it's worth noting that zsh's aliases are a bit more versatile than bash's (along with just about everything else in zsh >=) )) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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