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From: gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Echo? What echo? Korn shell 88
Message-ID: <15548@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 90 13:32:38 GMT
References: <90292.140155FISH@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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in article <90292.140155FISH@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, FISH@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK says:

> alias -x echo /bin/echo dosen't work and gives an error

It will if you include the '=':

alias -x echo=/bin/echo
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