On 11/17/05, Tushar Teredesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tushar Teredesai wrote: > > > > > > type -p has problems if the command is aliased to something. > > > I think so. I have many executables aliased so as to add my favorite > options by default. > > Getting back to your suggestion, using "type -P" instead of "type -ap > | head -n 1" is shorter alternative (as long as the script says > /bin/bash).
Good call. type -P doesn't fly on my old bash (1.14), but that probably doesn't matter. Otherwise, a worthy substitution IMO. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
