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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Csh, alias substitution, & backslash
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Date: 13 Nov 90 18:25:31 GMT
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In article <6663@ge-dab.ge.com>,
	brooks@ge-dab.ge.com (Stephen Brooks) writes:
)...
)        % alias rm
)        rm -i
)        % alias cd
)        cd !* ; pwd
)
)However, why does "\rm" work, but "\cd" does not?  [...]

Feature.  An initial backslash prevents both alias substitution and
builtin interpretation.  If you want to skip aliases only, use this:

	% ''cd
or
	% ""cd
--
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"Seen one ? I was *in* one. They tortured me horribly and then killed me
 with a single shot in the back of the head ! Following total brain death
 I gave up acting and became a VMS hacker."