Why does 'cp -f' not work anymore?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 14Nov2005 14:50, Michael Velez <mikev777 at hotmail.com> wrote:
| > > Try this, addressing both problems:
| > >
| > >     cp()
| > >     {
| > >       __cp_iopt=-i
| > >       for __cp_arg
| > >       do  case "$__cp_arg" in
| > > 	    --)	break ;;
| > > 	    -f* | -[a-z]*f* | --force )
| > > 		    __cp_iopt=; break ;;
| > > 	    -*)	;;
| > > 	    *)	break ;;
| > >       done
| > >       set -- $__cp_iopt ${1+"$@"}
| > >       command cp "$@"
| > >     }
| > 
| > I'm just getting around to doing this but I'm getting a syntax error.
| > 
| > -bash: /etc/bashrc: line 17: syntax error near unexpected token
| > `newline'
| > -bash: /etc/bashrc: line 17: `      done'
| > 
| > I'm copying/pasting exactly as it's found in the email.
| 
| There needs to be the keyword "esac" (inverse of the word "case"), to close
| the case statement, on a line before the keyword "done".
| 
| I believe that should do it.

Yes. Sorry about that.
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