Interactive definition of a shell function.

[peasthope@shaw.ca]

Suppose a user wants to make shell function such as this.
  cpST () { cp Source Target }
The shell is waiting for a command so it can't be typed 
directly at the prompt.
  
This also doesn't work.  
peter@dalton:~$ dash -c "cpST () { cp Source Target }"
dash: 1: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "}")

So how can a shell function be defined interactively?

Thanks,              ... Peter E.


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