Variable: eshell-explicit-command-char

eshell-explicit-command-char is a customizable variable defined in esh-ext.el.gz.

Value

42

Documentation

If this char occurs before a command name, call it externally.

That is, although vi may be an alias, *vi will always call the external version.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el.gz
(defcustom eshell-explicit-command-char ?*
  "If this char occurs before a command name, call it externally.
That is, although `vi' may be an alias, `*vi' will always call the
external version."
  :type 'character
  :group 'eshell-ext)