Csh, alias substitution, & backslash

[Maarten Litmaath]

In article <6663 at ge-dab.ge.com>,
	brooks at ge-dab.ge.com (Stephen Brooks) writes:
)...
)        % alias rm
)        rm -i
)        % alias cd
)        cd !* ; pwd
)
)However, why does "\rm" work, but "\cd" does not?  [...]

Feature.  An initial backslash prevents both alias substitution and
builtin interpretation.  If you want to skip aliases only, use this:

	% ''cd
or
	% ""cd
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