Package: devscripts Version: 2.21.4 File: /usr/bin/checkbashisms Regarding
possible bashism in (stdin) line 1 ('((' should be '$(('): for (( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ; done OK, but $ for (( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ; done 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $ for $(( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ; done bash: `$(( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ ))': not a valid identifier So checkbashisms needs to remember we are talking about a for loop here, and say something different. (No, I don't know what it should say instead.)