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#!/usr/bin/env bash |
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# |
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# POSIX rule about special builtins pointed at: |
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# |
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# https://www.reddit.com/r/oilshell/comments/5ykpi3/oildev_is_alive/ |
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#### : is special and prefix assignments persist after special builtins |
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# Bash only implements it behind the posix option |
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#test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && set -o posix |
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case $SH in |
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*dash|*zsh|*osh) |
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;; |
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*) |
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set -o posix |
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;; |
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esac |
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foo=bar : |
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echo -$foo- |
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## STDOUT: |
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-bar- |
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## END |
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## BUG zsh STDOUT: |
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-- |
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## END |
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#### true is not special |
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foo=bar true |
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echo $foo |
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## stdout: |
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#### Shift is special and the whole script exits if it returns non-zero |
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test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && set -o posix |
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set -- a b |
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shift 3 |
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echo status=$? |
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## stdout-json: "" |
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## status: 1 |
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## OK dash status: 2 |
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## BUG bash/zsh status: 0 |
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## BUG bash/zsh STDOUT: |
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status=1 |
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## END |
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#### set is special and fails, even if using || true |
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shopt -s invalid_ || true |
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echo ok |
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set -o invalid_ || true |
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echo should not get here |
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## STDOUT: |
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ok |
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## END |
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## status: 1 |
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## OK dash status: 2 |
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## BUG bash status: 0 |
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## BUG bash STDOUT: |
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ok |
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should not get here |
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## END |
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#### Special builtins can't be redefined as functions |
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# bash manual says they are 'found before' functions. |
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test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && set -o posix |
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export() { |
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echo 'export func' |
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} |
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export hi |
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echo status=$? |
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## status: 2 |
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## BUG mksh/zsh status: 0 |
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## BUG mksh/zsh stdout: status=0 |
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#### Non-special builtins CAN be redefined as functions |
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test -n "$BASH_VERSION" && set -o posix |
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true() { |
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echo 'true func' |
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} |
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true hi |
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echo status=$? |
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## STDOUT: |
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true func |
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status=0 |
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## END |