From: Eric Shubert > On 10/27/2010 12:30 PM, Matt Graham wrote: >> alias ..='cd ..' >> alias ...='cd ../..' >> >> ....and I don't believe you can write a script named ".." without >> a lot of fooling around.... > What happens though when you try to use the real command? Does it > result in: $ cd cd .. "man bash" , the ALIASES section: The first word of the replacement text is tested for aliases, but a word that is identical to an alias being expanded is not expanded a second time. This means that one may alias ls to ls -F, for instance, and bash does not try to recursively expand the replacement text. No idea what non-bash things do. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss