From 9f828eb14bdd54d2c4fd8a3b2c90253021df3152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Yotam <75515498+krisyotam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 00:17:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] mksh: backslash-escape commands in history hook to bypass
 module aliases (wc=tokei, tr=transmission-remote, cat=bat)

---
 .mkshrc | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.mkshrc b/.mkshrc
index 6b9e9984f75f2552838a6d67979c2305348b1d89..e04cb2337cfbb28f2631b6e112367ed64ef973e3 100644
--- a/.mkshrc
+++ b/.mkshrc
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ _kh_log() {
 	case "$cmd" in history*) return ;; esac
 	[ -f "$_kh_key_file" ] || return
 	[ -f "$_kh_db" ] || return
-	typeset escaped_cmd=$(print -r -- "$cmd" | sed "s/'/''/g")
-	typeset escaped_pwd=$(print -r -- "$pwd_path" | sed "s/'/''/g")
-	typeset key=$(cat "$_kh_key_file")
-	(sqlcipher "$_kh_db" "PRAGMA key = '$key'; INSERT INTO terminal_history (command, exit_code, pwd, shell) VALUES ('$escaped_cmd', $exit_code, '$escaped_pwd', 'mksh');" &) >/dev/null 2>&1
+	# backslash-escape command names: interactive mksh expands aliases
+	# inside command substitution, and the modules alias cat/sed/etc.
+	typeset escaped_cmd=$(print -r -- "$cmd" | \sed "s/'/''/g")
+	typeset escaped_pwd=$(print -r -- "$pwd_path" | \sed "s/'/''/g")
+	typeset key=$(\cat "$_kh_key_file")
+	(\sqlcipher "$_kh_db" "PRAGMA key = '$key'; INSERT INTO terminal_history (command, exit_code, pwd, shell) VALUES ('$escaped_cmd', $exit_code, '$escaped_pwd', 'mksh');" &) >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 # Command history logging hook.
@@ -60,14 +62,15 @@ else
 	_kh_prompt() {
 		typeset ec="$1" sz prev cmd
 		[ -f "$HISTFILE" ] || return
-		sz=$(wc -c < "$HISTFILE" 2>/dev/null)
-		prev=$(cat "$_kh_state" 2>/dev/null)
+		# backslash-escapes bypass the module aliases (wc=tokei, tr=..., cat=bat)
+		sz=$(\wc -c < "$HISTFILE" 2>/dev/null)
+		prev=$(\cat "$_kh_state" 2>/dev/null)
 		print -r -- "$sz" > "$_kh_state"
 		# first prompt of the session: record baseline, do not log
 		[ -z "$prev" ] && return
 		# only log when a new command was appended to history
 		[ "$sz" -gt "$prev" ] 2>/dev/null || return
-		cmd=$(tail -c 4096 "$HISTFILE" | tr "\377" "\n" | tail -n1 | cut -b5- | tr -d "\0")
+		cmd=$(\tail -c 4096 "$HISTFILE" | \tr "\377" "\n" | \tail -n1 | \cut -b5- | \tr -d "\0")
 		_kh_log "$cmd" "$ec"
 	}
 	# leading $(...) captures $? first so the exit code is accurate; the