Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

[William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>]

T o n g wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:47:15 -0900, Ken Irving wrote:
>
> An advanced bash alias expansion question -- 
> How can I use my aliases or functions in my bash script?

> PS. I even tried the following but it didn't work either:
>
>   $ bash -O expand_aliases -c '. ~/.bashrc; (rd /tmp/ttt; alias rd; dt bin; type dt)'
$ cat .bashrc

alias rd="echo foo"
$ bash -c 'alias rd'
bash: line 0: alias: rd: not found
$ bash -c '. ~/.bashrc; alias rd'
alias rd='echo foo'
$ bash -c '. ~/.bashrc; (alias rd)'
alias rd='echo foo'

As far as I can see, your last attempt should have worked.