On 8/21/2017 6:30 PM, Michel LaBarre wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a 4 line bash script:
> #!/bin/bash
> alias nawk=gawk
> alias nawk
> nawk 'BEGIN {FS="^"} ; (length($0) > maxline) { maxline = length($0) ;
> line=$0} ; END{print maxline, line}' $*
>
>
> When I run the script I see:
> alias nawk='gawk'
> /cygdrive/c/mybin/maxline/: line 4: nawk: command not found
>
> It looks like the alias is properly defined but it does not appear to take
> effect.
>
> Same thing happens if I alias to awk instead of qawk.
>
> Same thing happens if I define the alias in .bashrc (I include an echo in
> bashrc to confirm that it is being invoked).
>
> My .bashrc is not likely a factor - I empty it and the result is the same.
> No carriage returns in the script or .bashrc.
>
> I have updated everything August 5th using setup and letting all "Pending"
> pkgs update so I believe I am up to date.
>
> The funny thing is that it works ok from an interactive session, whether the
> alias is explicitly defined in the session or in .bashrc.
From the bash man page:
"Aliases are ot expanded when the shell is not interactive, unless the
expand_aliases shell option
is set using shopt (see the description of shopt under SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
below)."
Could that be the root of your difficulty?
Eliot Moss
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