On 4/1/21 4:36 AM, greyw...@starwolf.com wrote:
Bash Version: 5.1
Patch Level: 4
Release Status: release
Description:
The 'select' directive's syntax does not correspond to the rest of the
shell's syntax.
I am not sure if this is by design; if it is, let me know and I'll go
away.
It's more like `select' doesn't inherit some of the shell's special cases.
if ((n > 1)); then {
select dir in ${d[@]}; do {
break;
} done;
}
else { ...
...but select breaks on the "} done;" syntax
Yes, you need a list terminator so that `done' is recognized as a reserved
word here. `;' is sufficient. Select doesn't allow the `done' unless it's
in a command position. Some of the other compound commands have special
cases, mostly inherited from the Bourne shell, to allow it.
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
