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I set up an alias:

alias gpgagentexport="eval $(cat ~/.gpg-agent-info) ; export GPG_AGENT_INFO"

However when I source my .bashrc the $(cat ...) is evaluated at that point. But I want to evaluate it when I run the alias gpgagentexport (after the contents of ~/.gpg-agent-info has changed).

So is there some sort of escaping, quoting or syntax to achieve that?

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Use single quotes:

alias gpgagentexport='eval $(cat ~/.gpg-agent-info) ; export GPG_AGENT_INFO'
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  • Ah, thank you. I should go and read a bit more about bash quoting rules. Commented Apr 13, 2013 at 16:40
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Escaping the $ should also work:

 alias gpgagentexport="eval \$(cat ~/.gpg-agent-info) ; export GPG_AGENT_INFO"
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    This answer worked better for me, as I had single quotes in my command. Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 9:19

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