On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 11:31 -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > Oh, wait. I think I know. I already have date aliased to > > $ alias | grep date > alias date='date +'\''%a %b %d %l:%M %p'\''' > > So I'll bet if I do this, it'll work: > > $ date +%Y > date: extra operand `+%Y' > Try `date --help' for more information. > $ \date +%Y > 2006 > > And when I use a fully qualified path, the shell doesn't use the alias. OK. > Mystery solved. Thanks Bill!
In the future, you may find "type" more useful than which, which will also reveal when a command you're running is a builtin, keyword (such as the "time" command in bash), or (as in your case) an alias. -Micah ---------------------------------- Barracuda Networks makes the best spam firewalls and web filters. www.barracudanetworks.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech