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From: bfox@AUREL.CNS.CALTECH.EDU (Brian Fox)
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Subject: Request for enhancement
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Date: 14 Nov 89 23:25:28 GMT
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   Date: 14 Nov 89 15:32:32 GMT
   From: samsung!rex!ukma!cwjcc!cwns1!chet@uakari.primate.wisc.edu  (Chet Ramey)
   >I believe it would be useful to add the following construct to bash shell
   >functions, similar in spirit to 'builtin': 'external'.
   >The syntax is just like builtin, i.e:
   >
   >function ls () {
   >    external ls -FC $*
   >}

Bash will have a "command" builtin in 1.05.  "command" is useful for
builtins or disk commands.  It means to ignore aliases and functions
when searching for the command.

Brian