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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Path and/or alias finding
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:18:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:24:53 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:

> bash(1) says
>   "Aliases are created and listed with the alias command,
>    and removed with the unalias command."

Functions are more powerful than aliases. They can take arguments and run 
entire command sequences, all within the current shell process.