On Tuesday, 4 January at 14:24, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
(...)
Portable shell use would be "whatever() {" which I wish to encourage
by saying that here. Please use only that form for /bin/sh scripts. :-)
The "function" keyword was introduced by ksh. This syntax is also
supported by bash and zsh but not by other shells. When "function" is
used then the #! line must be /bin/ksh, /bin/bash, or /bin/zsh.
Well, learn something new every day...
Thank you for that little nugget.
- Antoine
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Build a system that even a fool could use,
and only a fool will want to use it.
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