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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:43:32 -0600
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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-: > Can I selectively disable bash builtin commands?
-: 
-: According to the Bash manual, there's a special command to do that:
-: "enable -n".

My initial message was misworded; sorry about that.  I knew about
the enable command; what I was looking for is a way to disable a bash
*keyword* (not a builtin).  The only way I know to do this is to quote
the keyword, e.g., type "select" or 'select' (with quotes) or even \select
(with backslash) to force a path search for a `select' program or script.
Hackers can live with this, even take a perverse delight in it, but Joe
L User isn't known for tolerating such quirks. I suppose I could build
a custom bash for this particular application....