shopt -s expand_aliases # from an austin-group report alias foo="echo 'Error:" foo bar' # from some FreeBSD sh tests v=1 alias a='unalias -a v=2' eval a [ "$v" = 2 ] && echo ok 1 v=1 alias a='unalias a v=2' eval a [ "$v" = 2 ] && echo ok 2 # make sure command doesn't ever reset anything even if it's made a keyword unalias -a alias command=command alias true='echo bad' eval 'command true' unalias -a alias alias0=command alias true='echo bad' eval 'alias0 true' # make sure null aliases are ok unalias -a alias nullalias='' alias foo='echo ' foo nullalias text unalias foo # aliases shouldn't be expanded in quoted strings even when the previous word # is an alias whose expansion ends in a space alias foo="echo 'whoops: " foo nullalias' unalias -a # recursive alias definitions alias echo=echo eval echo foo alias echo='echo a' echo echo b eval echo b echo $(eval echo b) unalias -a # alias expansion when in a command position after redirections alias e=echo eval '