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'whence' anomaly.

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: 'whence' anomaly.
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:19:48 -0700
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All,

What causes this:

    $ whence -m mplayer

    $ whence mplayer
    /usr/bin/mplayer

    $ whence -m mplayer
    /usr/bin/mplayer

I know I should have quoted the first time, but it seems strange that Ididn't have to quote the third time.

Is this a bug or a feature?

References:
- Segregating a Global Alias
  - From: zzapper
- Re: Segregating a Global Alias
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Segregating a Global Alias
  - From: zzapper
- Re: Segregating a Global Alias
  - From: zzapper

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