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Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> writes:
> alias xargs='xargs '
> alias ls='ls --append-exe'
> find -pa pdfcrop | xargs ls
> 
> will execute 'ls --append-exe', but
> 
> alias xargs='xargs '
> alias ls='ls --append-exe'
> find -pa pdfcrop -print0 | xargs -0 ls
> 
> will not, unless you also:
> 
> alias -- -0='-0 '

The bash man page says " A trailing space in  value causes the next
word  to be checked for alias substitution when the alias is
expanded."  Got it.  Thanks.


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