[Info-vax] Foreign commands ... newbie question

[Bob Koehler]

In article <YbidnXOnLJEB0AHTnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d at earthlink.com>, "John Reagan" <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> writes:
> 
> 'which' doesn't know about shell aliases so it isn't like "show symbol". 
> "alias" and "show symbol" are the same.

   Guess again.  Like all things UNIX, that depends on which UNIX.

   And "alias" is like "show symbol" filtered for foreign command
   symbols.