On 28/03/11 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. said: > No, brace expansion is not required by any (published[1]) edition of POSIX or > the Single UNIX Specification. > > For this case though, you can generally use (cat /etc/aliases.[12] > > /etc/aliases). > > [1] I'm not sure about the work-in-progress SUSv4 or a work-in-progress POSIX, > if one exists. Hmm, ok. I'll work around it. I prefer my scripts to be portable to all unixes if possible. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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