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From: Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: difficult alias
Date: 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 ";"?

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   Klaus
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