zsh: bad option, bash works

Zind wzmindlog at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 13:02:38 UTC 2011


On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan at gmail.com>wrote:

> [Please, don't top-post; see the list Guidelines]
>
> That's not really it. The builtins are built in either because they're
> part of the Shell programming language or because they affect the
> Shell's own environment, e.g. its current directory. If cd were a
> separate program it would execute as a process, change its *own*
> directory, then terminate, leaving the Shell exactly where it was.
>
> As to knowing that 'type' is a builtin, you could just ask it about
> itself:
>
> type type
>

Thank you, guys. You are terrific. Thanks for so much help.
Sorry that I didn't read the mailing list guidelines, sorry for the
inconvenience I have caused.
Shame on me! And, I won't top-post again.
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