Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> writes: > alias xargs='xargs ' > alias ls='ls --append-exe' > find -pa pdfcrop | xargs ls > > will execute 'ls --append-exe', but > > alias xargs='xargs ' > alias ls='ls --append-exe' > find -pa pdfcrop -print0 | xargs -0 ls > > will not, unless you also: > > alias -- -0='-0 '
The bash man page says " A trailing space in value causes the next word to be checked for alias substitution when the alias is expanded." Got it. Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
