When I write bash scripts and I've done this for several debian versions I use: #!/usr/bin/env bash That has worked in the past.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, David wrote: > In Debian, shell scripts that have > #!/usr/bin/sh > as the first line are executed by the 'dash' shell. > > If you write such scripts, you might be interested > to know that 'dash' currently has a behaviour > change in Debian version 12 Bookworm compared to > Debian version 11 Bullseye. > > This is being discussed at > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028002 > > Below is a demo of the change which shows an > example of possible consequences. > > In Debian version 11 Bullseye, > Bash and 'dash' behave the same: > $ cat /etc/debian_version > 11.6 > $ mkdir eek > $ cd eek > $ touch aa bb 11 22 > $ bash > $ echo [!0-9]* > aa bb > $ echo [^0-9]* > aa bb > $ sh > $ echo [!0-9]* > aa bb > $ echo [^0-9]* > aa bb > > In Debian version 12 Bookworm, > Bash and 'dash' behave differently: > $ cat /etc/debian_version > 12.0 > $ mkdir eek > $ cd eek > $ touch aa bb 11 22 > $ bash > $ echo [!0-9]* > aa bb > $ echo [^0-9]* > aa bb > $ sh > $ echo [!0-9]* > aa bb > $ echo [^0-9]* > 11 22 <------ new behaviour by dash > >
