Re: An alias named `done` breaks for loops

On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 1:59 AM George Nachman wrote: > `done` should not be considered a simple command in the context where it > would terminate a for loop. Alternately, prevent the user from creating > aliases that will cause problems like this. There already is an alias substitution rule for

Re: gettext feature request

On 8/13/21 2:01 PM, Léa Gris wrote: > I would have really loved if Bash expanded translations with its > built-in printf using a `-g` flag for gettext and positional arguments > support instead of expanding string literal translations. > > It would have allowed something like : > > ```sh > #!/usr

Issue declaring an array via a variable name

Hi, I was doing some testing for some additions to a rather big Bash script I'm working on, and the following code kept failing whenever I attempted to run it: " variable="hello" declare -g "${variable}"=("world" "me") " When run, it's complaining about a syntax error near "(", appea

Re: "printf -v foo bar" sets $? to 1

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021, at 7:56 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > Bash Version: 5.1 > Patch Level: 4 > Release Status: maint > > Description: > The builtin "printf" command with the "-v" option works > correctly, but it reports failure by setting $? to 1. > > The problem was intro

Re: An alias named `done` breaks for loops

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021, at 6:59 PM, George Nachman wrote: > Description: > Defining an alias named `done` breaks parsing a for loop that does not have > an `in word` clause. > > > Repeat-By: > > Run the following script. It fails with this error: > > myscript.bash: line 7: syntax error near unexp

Re: An alias named `done` breaks for loops

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:59:38 -0700 George Nachman wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: darwin20.5.0 > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security > uname output: Darwin Georges-Mac-Pro.local 20.5.

"printf -v foo bar" sets $? to 1

Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security uname output: Linux bomb20 5.4.0-80-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 9 22:49:44 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Bash Version: 5.1 Patch Level: 4 Release Status: maint Description: The

An alias named `done` breaks for loops

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: darwin20.5.0 Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security uname output: Darwin Georges-Mac-Pro.local 20.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.5.0: Sat May 8 05:10:33 PDT 2021; root:xnu-