Passing parameters to an alias in ksh ...under AIX

[Wm E. Davidsen Jr]

In article <3272 at unisoft.UUCP> greywolf at unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:

| If your ksh doesn't support functions it is most distinctly broken.
| 
| [ I use ksh only when csh is not available.  Having to type "fg %2" is
|   a minor annoyance.  Not having the set notation (such as {cat,man,do}_box
|   expanding to cat_box man_box do_box) is a major annoyance.  

  To misquote you, "If your ksh doesn't support brack matching it's
seriously broken." Actually just compiled with the BRACE_PAT set to
zero, if I remember the nomencature correctly.
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