On 4/20/16 4:41 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> Since bash 4.3 multi-line aliases interact very strangely, especially in
> connection with PROMPT_COMMAND.
And you're the first person to report them. I guess there aren't a lot of
multi-line aliases out there.
> 1. PROMPT_COMMAND is executed after every line in the alias, rather than just
> before the prompt is drawn:
>
> 2. If PROMPT_COMMAND contains a command substitution (even one that is not
> executed!) then only the first line of the alias is executed
These two are the same problem.
> 3. If an alias contains a command substitution (this is regardless of
> PROMPT_COMMAND being set) something really non-sensical happens.
This one actually took some time to track down. All of these will be fixed
in bash-4.4.
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