On Jan 24,  6:00pm, James Graham - Systems Mangler wrote:
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} Question:  Does it make more sense to have separate variables for
} each command, i.e.:
} 
} LS=-la; MKDIR=-p; export LS MKDIR

     Yes.

} or to put them into a single var, i.e.:
} 
} CMDFLAGS='ls:-la;mkdir:-p;tar:-z'
} export CMDFLAGS

     This is gross.

} This is assuming we want to do this at all.  Me, I don't care -- I'm
} used to using flags to the point that I don't even rely on TAPE except

     I use aliases for this purpose.

}-- End of excerpt from James Graham - Systems Mangler