2014-09-30 17:06:22 +0100, Stephane Chazelas: [...] > $ env -i $'a\necho test\na=b' bash -c 'export -p' > declare -x OLDPWD > declare -x PWD="/home/stephane" > declare -x SHLVL="1" > declare -x a > echo test > a [...]
Just reiterating in case that had gone unnoticed earlier: $ env 'a;echo OOPS;: =' bash -c 'export -p' | bash OOPS That's because bash outputs: declare -x a;echo OOPS;: Since those environment variables cannot be mapped to shell variables, they should not be included in the output of "export -p". Same applies for env variables called "1" or "#" or "*" for instance. I had already reported that 5 years ago actually: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.bash.bugs/11306 and it doesn't look like it was addressed at the time. I can see there are a number of bugs at savannah (https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=bash), but not much activity on those bugs. Is that in use? Is it worth me adding an entry there? -- Stephane
