On 7/10/19 12:01 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> What do you think aliases are? They are both a simple hash substitution.
They might appear superficially similar, and they use similar internal
abstractions.
> declare -A BASH_CMDS=([ls]="/usr/bin/ls" )
> declare -A BASH_ALIASES=([ls]="/bin/ls" )
And I made them both available using array syntax, using a different
internal mechanism, but:
> Aliases are store/implemented using hashes the same as stored paths
> are. They are effectively the same.
Which is not at all what you said initially.
This isn't ksh, using `tracked aliases' to expose hashed pathnames.
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