Now that I've converted from ksh to bash, are there equivalents to ksh features like autoloaded functions and the `whence' command?

Now that I've converted from ksh to bash, are there equivalents to ksh features like autoloaded functions and the `whence' command? 


There are features in ksh-88 and ksh-93 that do not have direct bash

equivalents.  Most, however, can be emulated with very little trouble.



ksh-88 feature		Bash equivalent

--------------		---------------

compiled-in aliases	set up aliases in .bashrc; some ksh aliases are

			bash builtins (hash, history, type)

coprocesses		named pipe pairs (one for read, one for write)

typeset +f		declare -F

cd, print, whence	function substitutes in examples/functions/kshenv

autoloaded functions	examples/functions/autoload is the same as typeset -fu

read var?prompt		read -p prompt var



ksh-93 feature		Bash equivalent

--------------		---------------

sleep, getconf		Bash has loadable versions in examples/loadables

${.sh.version}		$BASH_VERSION

print -f		printf

hist			alias fc=hist

$HISTEDIT		$FCEDIT



Section E:  How can I get bash to do certain things, and why does bash do

	    things the way it does?

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