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		EdiX on Nov 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most operating systems have implemented realtime s... Step 1.d.i.a: If the system has implemented the utility as a regular built-in or as a shell function, it shall be invoked at this point in the path search.

aidenn0 on Nov 3, 2014 [–]

1.d.i only happens if the search in PATH is successful.

I think the logic behind this was to ensure that as shells add more built-ins scripts that depend on an executable failing when not in the path won't break.

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