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I'm trying to use unalias in a script and it won't work, but when I do it on the command line it works...?? any help would be awesome!...
  1. 10-22-2006 #1
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    alias unalias help

    I'm trying to use unalias in a script and it won't work, but when I do it on the command line it works...?? any help would be awesome!
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    Getting closer

    I've figured out that when you create an alias, its scope is for the shell it was created in. So is there a way for my script to tell the shell that started my script to perform the unalias rather than trying to do it itself??
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    use 'export' before 'unalias' command.




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  4. 10-23-2006 #4
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    hmm

    I tried sourcing my script in with "." and it worked
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