Re: difficult alias

Klaus Ethgen <[email protected]> Sun, 3 May 2026 20:26:50 +0100

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Hi,

Am So den  3. Mai 2026 um 15:23 schrieb Ray Andrews:
> % alias tst='echo $var | fold -sw 80 | sed '\':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\n /g\'''
> zsh: command not found: N
> zsh: now is the time not found

Is it just me or are you using an unquoted ";"?

Regards
   Klaus
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