> On 2019 Jul 29 , at 12:55 p, Isabella Bosia <izaber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > haven't really looked into why this happens but x[ seems to trigger some > funny parser behavior > > x[ newline should not prompt with PS2 > > it can't be defined as a normal sh function, but it can be defined with the > function keyword > > it can't be called like a normal function, but things like "x[" or \x[ work > > this bug seems old The ``[`` begins a valid shell pattern, so the parser continues to accept input until the closing ``]`` is found. Pathname expansion (apparently) does not apply to the first "argument" of the ``function`` command.
