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Old 08-02-2011
Unix macro help
Hi,
I just opened one old RH box and found number of "macros" in there, that how they called in how-to doc, let say you type <rx> and this does a lot of stuff.
I can't figure out how it work, how I can edit/display these macros? Can anybody point to the right directions? I have some academic edu in Unix/Linux but the only thing comes to my mind is <make>,<makefile>

Thanks for your help.

Trent
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Old 08-02-2011
Those "macros" could be aliases or shellscripts or similar. Just try
Code:
type rx

at the shell command prompt and see, what they are.
# 3  
Old 08-02-2011
Thank hergp!!!
What is it's a function???
Code:
.$ type rx
rx is the function

Where it is? How I can see it, I tried to do find -name "rx*" with no sucess.

Thansk for help
# 4  
Old 08-02-2011
Functions aren't files, but get defined in shell scripts. Check /etc/profile, ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ... for it.
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