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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Passing parameters to an alias in ksh ...under AIX
Message-ID: <2627@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 90 15:30:23 GMT
References: <1235@lafayet.UUCP> <3272@unisoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <3272@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:

| If your ksh doesn't support functions it is most distinctly broken.
| 
| [ I use ksh only when csh is not available.  Having to type "fg %2" is
|   a minor annoyance.  Not having the set notation (such as {cat,man,do}_box
|   expanding to cat_box man_box do_box) is a major annoyance.  

  To misquote you, "If your ksh doesn't support brack matching it's
seriously broken." Actually just compiled with the BRACE_PAT set to
zero, if I remember the nomencature correctly.
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