Re: [Help-bash] How to make sure always run external command instead of builtin function?

[Bob Proulx]

Eric Blake wrote:
> Peng Yu wrote:
> > I currently use this to make sure to always run the external command.
> > Is it the best way to do so? Thanks.
> > 
> > "$(type -P cmd)" arg1 arg2
> 
> env cmd arg1 arg2
> also works

There is also another way too:

  (exec cmd ...)

As I learned just the other day:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2018-09/msg00104.html
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2018-09/msg00101.html

Bob